- Nathan Bedford Forrest, called Bedford Forrest in his lifetime, was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War
| Born: | 13 July 1821 Comment | | When did Nathan Bedford Forrest die? / Died | 29 October 1877 | | How many years did Nathan Bedford Forrest live? / Lived | 56 years | | Zodiac sign: | Cancer |
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Nathan Bedford Forrest facts
- He is remembered as a self-educated, brutal, and innovative cavalry leader during the war and as a leading Southern advocate in the postwar years
- He was a pledged delegate from Tennessee to the New York Democratic national convention of 4 July 1868
- He served as the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, but later distanced himself from the organization
- A cavalry and military commander in the war, Forrest is one of the war's most unusual figures
- Although less educated than many of his fellow officers, before the war Forrest had already amassed a fortune as a planter, real estate investor, and slave trader
- He was one of the few officers in either army to enlist as a private and be promoted to general officer and corps commander during the war
- Although Forrest lacked formal military education, he had a gift for leadership, strategy and tactics
- He created and established new doctrines for mobile forces, earning the nickname The Wizard of the Saddle
- Forrest was accused of war crimes at the Battle of Fort Pillow for allowing forces under his command to massacre hundreds of black Union Army and white Southern Unionist prisoners
- Union Major General William T
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