General Nathan Bedford Forrest, C.S.A.
File Name
Q34
Digital image order form
http://www.archives.alabama.gov/photo_order_form.pdf
Permission to publish form
http://www.archives.alabama.gov/referenc/private2.pdf
Item Title
General Nathan Bedford Forrest , C.S.A .
Description
(Uniform indicates rank as major general or higher.) Forrest enlisted into service shortly after Tennessee seceded and was soon authorized to raise a battalion of cavalry , which he did with personal funds . Forrest was elected a lieutenant colonel in October 1861 . After promoting through the grades , Forrest was promoted to brigadier general in July 1862 , major general in December 1863 , and lieutenant general in February 1865 . Major campaigns and battles include Fort Donelson . Shiloh (wounded) , Murfreesboro , the Kentucky campaign , West Tennessee , the Tullahoma campaign , Chickamauga , Chattanooga , Okalona , Fort Pillow , Brice's Cross Roads , Tupelo (wounded) , the Atlanta campaign , Franklin , Nashville , and Selma . Following the war , Forrest returned to Mississippi , where he farmed and engaged in several business ventures . Forrest was also one of the early members of the Ku Klux Klan . He died in Memphis , Tennessee , in October 1879 and is buried there. Sources : Boatner , Mark M . The Civil War Dictionary . New York : Vintage Books , 1988 . Davis , William C. , ed . The Confederate General . Vol . 2 . National Historical Society , 1991 .
Date
1864-1865 circa
Time Period
1860-1869
Photographer
Sancier , M. , Mobile
Subject
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877 Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Tennessee United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type
Still image
Format
Photographs Studio portraits Cartes-de-visite
Author
Young, Dr. Richard C.
Collection or Series Title
Dr. Richard C. Young Confederate officers photograph album
Box Number
LPP4 , #021
Catalog Record
http://archives-alabama-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01ALABAMA:default_scope:01ALABAMA_ALMA216228110002743
Repository
Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130
Language
English
Rights
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Original Size
2.4 by 3.7 inches
Digital Format
600 dpi tiff
Project Name
Confederate officers Cornerstone Project
Date created
2008-05-14
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