Nathan Bedford Forrest

BORN IN BEDFORD COUNTY TENNESSEE ,JUNE 13, 1821.
NATHAN WAS UNEDUCATED.  HE SPENT MOST OF HIS
YOUTH CLEARING LAND.  AT THE AGE OF 21, HE JOINED
A SMALL BAND OF GOOD OLD BOY'S AND HEADED OUT
TO FIGHT IN TEXAS.  BY THE TIME THEY GOT TO TEXAS
THE WAR WAS OVER.

OLD BEDFORD MARRIED MARY IN 1845.  IN 1859 HE MOVED
THE FAMILY TO COAHOMA COUNTY, WHERE HE BECAME
A WEALTHY COTTON PLANTER.
NATHAN ENLISTED IN  *WHITE'S TENNESSEE MOUNTED
RIFLES*  IN JUNE OF 1861, AS A PRIVATE.  AT THE END OF
THE WAR, BEDFORD WOULD HOLD THE RANK OF GENERAL.

"GENERAL FORREST WAS NOT CRUEL,
NOR NECESSARILY SEVERE, BUT HE
WOULD NOT BE TRIFLED WITH."

~~~ UNKNOWN

BATTLES AND RAIDS ... MURFREESBORO, TENN. JULY 13, 1862. CHICKAMAUGA, SEPT. 12, 1862. RAILROAD RAID DEC, 1862. KENTUCKY, TENN. AND MS. RAID 1864. BRICE'S CROSS-ROADS JUNE, 1864. MEMPHIS AUG. 1864. CITRONELLE, AL. MAY 4, 1865. GENERAL FORREST NEVER LOST A BATTLE!

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