He was wounded three times, at Fort Donelson, at Harrisburg and at Spring Hill, Tenn. 6 feet 2 inches. Bragg failed to do so, upon which Forrest was quoted as saying, "What does he fight battles for? or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. He died in 1837, leaving Forrest, the primary caretaker and defender of the . [220] He grasped the doctrines of mobile warfare[221] that would eventually become prevalent in the 20th century. Spiritually, Mary Ann Forrest had a great influence on her husband. Sorry! cemeteries found in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. [191] Consequently, Memphis sold the park land to Memphis Greenspace, a non-profit entity not subject to the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act, which immediately removed the monument as explained below. As a cavalry leader, Forrest displayed spectacular talent. High schools named for Forrest were built in Chapel Hill, Tennessee and Jacksonville, Florida. "[71][72] The story that Forrest confronted and threatened the life of Bragg in the fall of 1863, following the battle of Chickamauga, and that Bragg transferred Forrest to command in Mississippi as a direct result, is now considered to be apocryphal. After his cavalry captured a Union artillery battery, he broke out of a siege headed by Major General Ulysses S. Grant, rallying nearly 4,000 troops and leading them to escape across the Cumberland River. Originated after 10/1/2011 or before 7/1/2007 (These limits were determined under the provisions of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008). [183][184], Just a few months before his death, Forrest attended an African-American barbecue in Memphis. The losses were a deep blow to the black regiment under Sturgis's command. Many of the blacks were former slaves and understood the personal consequences of a loss to the Confederates at best an immediate return to slavery. ", "Sons of Confederate Veterans 'Put to Rest for Eternity' Gen. Nathan Bedford in Columbia, Tennessee", Animated History of The Campaigns of Nathan Bedford Forrest, General Nathan Bedford Forrest Historical Society, List of Union Civil War monuments and memorials, List of memorials to the Grand Army of the Republic, Confederate artworks in the United States Capitol, List of Confederate monuments and memorials. The Blue Raiders' athletic mascot was changed to an ambiguous swash-buckler character called the "Blue Raider", to avoid association with Forrest or the Confederacy. [9] In the last years of his life, Forrest insisted he had never been a member,[10] and made public calls for black advancement. He passed away in 1908.[1]. One of the wounded Matlock men survived and served under Forrest during the Civil War. Some kept going, right into the river, where a number drowned, and the swimmers became targets for marksmen on the bluff. [195] The World War II Army base Camp Forrest in Tullahoma, Tennessee was named after him. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. [215], Forrest is considered one of the Civil War's most brilliant tacticians by the historian Spencer C. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. While most Forrest biographies discuss his military career in great detail, what they do not provide is the General's own perspective of the conflict. The infantry, tired, weary and suffering under the heat, were quickly broken and sent into mass retreat. This is a carousel with slides. [252], In June 2020, after Black members of the Tennessee House of Representatives unsuccessfully asked it to eliminate a state celebration of Forrest, Representative Cameron Sexton opined: "I dont think anybody here is truly racist. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Try again later. They had two children, William Montgomery Bedford Forrest (1846-1908), who enlisted at the age of 15 and served alongside his father in the war, and a daughter, Fanny (1849-1854), who died in childhood. This account has been disabled. They had two children; a son, William Montgomery Bedford, born in 1846, and in 1848 a daughter, Frances, who died when she was five years old. Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 - October 29, 1877) was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Nathan Bedford Forrest was born to a poor family in Bedford County, Tennessee. [80] Booth and his adjutant were killed in the battle, leaving Fort Pillow under the command of Major William Bradford. [94] These statements, however, were contradicted by Union survivors, as well as by the letter of a Confederate soldier who graphically recounted a massacre. "I do think it was God ordained and really 901 means something. Login to find your connection. Try again later. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8578580/william-montgomery-forrest. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Maximum Loan Limits for Mortgages Acquired in Calendar Year 2021 and. If so, login to add it. Forrest became well known for his early use of maneuver tactics as applied to a mobile horse cavalry deployment. Born dirt-poor in the small town of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, on July 13, 1821, Nathan Bedford Forrest grew up with no education except the backwoods skills of hunting, tracking and survival. Mr Forrest lived from 1821 to 1877. ). Cav. [81] Bradford refused to surrender, believing his troops could escape to the Union gunboat, USS New Era, on the Mississippi River. Obituary: Confederate Veteran Magazine-Page 63-Vol.1-February 1893 No.2 Death of Gen. Forrest's Wife-The lovely wife of Gen. N. Bedford Forrest died January 22nd, 1893, in Memphis, Tenn., where she had resided for many years. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Ironically, the Klan Kampus of Lanier later became a synagogue! It means we have grind. In the wake of the Confederate victory at Chickamauga in September 1863, Forrest urged Bragg to pursue the defeated Federals, but he did not. As a result, Grant was forced to revise and delay the strategy of his Vicksburg campaign. In the battle of Fallen Timbers, he drove through the Union skirmish line. Nearly ruined as the result of this failure, Forrest spent his final days running an eight-hundred acre farm on land he leased on President's Island in the Mississippi River, where he and his wife lived in a log cabin. Nathan Bedford Forrest II (August 1871 March 11, 1931) was an American businessman who served as the 19th Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans from 1919 to 1921,[1][2][3] and as the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan for Georgia. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. MacDonald's Bn. J. L. BELL is a Massachusetts writer who specializes in (among other things) the start of the American Revolution in and around Boston. Blood, human blood stood about in pools and brains could have been gathered up in any quantity. 2110 n washington st,forrest city,ar,72335-01846-11344-s 1 2110 STRINGTOWN RD,GROVE CITY,OH,43123-02931-07973-S 2 21106 KUYKENDAHL RD,SPRING,TX,77379-03300-07720-S 2 [144] Another member wrote, "N. B. In 1869, Forrest expressed disillusionment with the lack of discipline in the white supremacist terrorist group across the South,[8] and issued a letter ordering the dissolution of the Ku Klux Klan as well as the destruction of its costumes; he then withdrew from the organization. Forrest became involved sometime in late 1866 or early 1867. He worked as a law enforcement officer, magistrate, and was elected alderman for the City of Memphis. DEO VINDICE". [31] He was known as a tireless rider in the saddle and a skilled swordsman. General Forrests Pursuit of Streight Clyde Heron, Artist. In a letter to his wife three days after the battle, Confederate soldier Samuel Caldwell wrote, If General Forrest had not run between our men and the Yanks with his pistol and sabre drawn, not a man would have been spared.. As the Klan's first national leader, he became the Lost Cause's avenging angel, galvanizing a loose collection of boyish secret social clubs into a reactionary instrument of terror still feared today. In Room 10 of the Maxwell, Forrest was sworn in as a member by John W. He has published scholarly papers and popular articles for both children and adults. Please try again later. Will, "deranged by worry over financial matters. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. [187], Forrest was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis. [207] At the time the school was all white, but now more than half the student body is black. Gen. Benjamin Grierson's cavalry division. Lieutenant Andrew Wills Gould, an artillery officer in Forrest's command, was being transferred, presumably because cannons under his command[66] were spiked (disabled) by the enemy[67] during the Battle of Day's Gap. Failed to delete memorial. His declaration had little effect, and few Klansmen destroyed their robes and hoods.[165]. He liked horses because he liked fast movement, and his mounted men could get from here to there much faster than any infantry could; but when they reached the field they usually tied their horses to trees and fought on foot, and they were as good as the very best infantry.[222]. The school in Jacksonville was named for Forrest in 1959 at the urging of the Daughters of the Confederacy because they were upset about the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Hernando, DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA. [11], Nathan Bedford Forrest was born on July 13, 1821, to a poor settler family in a secluded frontier cabin near Chapel Hill hamlet, then part of Bedford County, Tennessee, but now encompassed in Marshall County. A contemporary newspaper account from Jackson, Tennessee stated that "General Forrest begged them to surrender" but "not the first sign of surrender was ever given". Historian Court Carney suggested that "embarrassed by their city's early capitulation during the Civil War, white Memphians desperately needed a hero and therefore crafted a distorted depiction of Forrest's role in the war. [234], In the 1990 PBS documentary The Civil War by Ken Burns, historian Shelby Foote states in Episode 7 that the Civil War produced two "authentic geniuses": Abraham Lincoln and Nathan Bedford Forrest. [47], Forrest won praise for his performance under fire during an early victory in the Battle of Sacramento in Kentucky, the first in which he commanded troops in the field, where he routed a Union force by personally leading a cavalry charge that was later commended by his commander, Brigadier General Charles Clark. Capt Forrest Tenn Cav Confederate States Army, Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. He developed his natural ability as a leader and held many civic posts throughout his young life. This unit, which varied in size from 40 to 90 men, constituted the elite of his cavalry. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? 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When he expressed his opinion to one of General Forrest's granddaughters, she replied after a pause, "You know, we never thought much of Mr. Lincoln in my family". Obituary: Confederate Veteran Magazine-Page 63-Vol.1-February 1893 No.2 Death of Gen. Forrest's Wife-The lovely wife of Gen. N. Bedford Forrest died January 22nd, 1893, in Memphis, Tenn., where she had resided for many years. Not realizing that the rest of his men had halted their charge when they reached the full Union brigade, Forrest charged the brigade alone and soon found himself surrounded. [132], Forrest reportedly died from acute complications of diabetes at the Memphis home of his brother Jesse on October 29, 1877. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. [173] Grant lost Georgia and Louisiana, where the violence and intimidation against blacks was most prominent. In February 1862, Forrest took part in the defense of Fort Donelson, and refused to surrender with the rest of the Confederate forces. During this time, Nathan had barely survived a typhoid epidemic that ravaged the region and took the lives of three of his siblings, including his twin sister. The poor deluded negroes would run up to our men fall upon their knees and with uplifted hands scream for mercy but they were ordered to their feet and then shot down. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. [127][128], During the Virginius Affair of 1873, some of Forrest's old Southern friends were filibusters aboard the vessel; consequently, he wrote a letter to the then General-in-Chief of the United States Army William T. Sherman and offered his services in case a war were to break out between the United States and Spain. Nathan Bedford Forrest was born to William and Miriam Beck Forrest in Bedford County, Tennessee in 1821. [97] It was the South's publicly stated position that slaves firing on whites would be killed on the spot, along with Southern whites that fought for the Union, whom the Confederacy considered traitors. View Source Share Save to Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Memorials Region North America USA In honor of Gen. Forrest's unwavering defense of Selma, the great state of Alabama, and the Confederacy, this memorial is dedicated. They had two children together: William Montgomery Bedford Forrest (1846-1908), who enlisted at the age of 15 and served alongside his father in the war, and a . Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. 410 to overrule the city. Forrest believed in surprise, audacity, and nerve, and trained his men to become splendid scouts and raiders. In 1866, Forrest and C.C. The native Tennesseean had amassed a fortune, which he estimated at $1,500,000, as a slave trader and plantation owner before . Of the forts 600 men, between 277 and 297 were killed; 64 percent of these were U.S. Their great-grandfather, Shadrach Forrest, moved between 1730 and 1740 from Virginia to North Carolina, where his son and grandson were born; they moved to Tennessee in 1806. There was an error deleting this problem. Year should not be greater than current year. [45] Forrest posted advertisements to join his regiment, with the slogan, "Let's have some fun and kill some Yankees!". Caph, DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, White County, White County, Tennessee, United States, Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1791-1963, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1836-1922, Birth of Capt. He seemed to be a natural military genius with an intuitive grasp not only of tactics, but also of logistics. We chose General Forrest". Despite a lack of formal military education, Forrest was known for his keen tactical skills including the use of fast-moving cavalry and hit and run attacks. [23], Forrest was well known as a Memphis speculator and Mississippi gambler. In 1871, the U.S Congressional Committee Report stated that "The natural tendency of all such organizations is to violence and crime, hence it was that Gen. Forrest and other men of influence by the exercise of their moral power, induced them to disband". Son of Lt Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, (CSA) and Mary Ann Forrest Object Number - UPL 35401 - Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest III (Arlington National Cemetery) Killed In Action (KIAn)in the loss of B-17 #42-30164 on the Kiel mission 13 June 1943. "[123], As a former slave trader and slave owner, Forrest experienced the abolition of slavery at war's end as a major financial setback. "[146] Forrest was the Klan's first and only Grand Wizard, and he was active in recruitment for the Klan from 1867 to 1868. [197] The Nathan Bedford Forrest Statue in Nashville was particularly notable for its idiosyncratic depiction of Forrest on horseback. The actor portraying his father was such a great likeness that he had a stroke and died. SOURCES Bits of Blue and Gray Mary Ann Montgomery Nathan Bedford Forrest A Different Kind of Hero General Nathan Bedford Forrest Nathan Bedford Forrest Biography Wikipedia: Nathan Bedford Forrest The Massacre at Fort Pillow PDF File Forrests Obituary: The New York Times A Brief Biography of Nathan Bedford Forrest Nathan Bedford Forrest and Mary Ann Montgomery Assessing Civil War Historiography and Nathan Bedford Forrests Place in It. Wife of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. He wanted nothing more to do with the Klan, but felt honor bound to protect former associates. Passing of William Montgomery Forrest It has been said that he went to a play in Memphis about his father General Nathan Bedford Forrest. He got involved in trading cattle and horses, and a slave trader, which was not an unusual profession at the time. Congress and Grant passed the Enforcement Acts from 1870 to 1871, to protect "registration, voting, officeholding, or jury service" of African Americans. I have never on the field of battle sent you where I was unwilling to go myself, nor would I now advise you to a course which I felt myself unwilling to pursue. [192][193], Many memorials have been erected to Forrest, especially in Tennessee and adjacent Southern states. William Bill Forrest was born in Desoto County, Mississippi on September 26th, 1846 to Nathan Bedford and Mary Ann Forrest. The Horrors and Cruelties of the Scene Intensified. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Bill joined the Confederate Army June 14, 1861 at age 15, and served under his father, attaining the rank of Captain by the end of the war. Forrest's postwar business career was not as lucrative as his antebellum ventures. [217] Union General William Tecumseh Sherman called him "that devil Forrest" in wartime communications with Ulysses S. Grant and considered him "the most remarkable man our civil war produced on either side".[218][219][4]. William Forrest; [108] Forrest set up a position for an attack to repulse a pursuing force commanded by Sturgis, who had been sent to impede Forrest from destroying Union supply lines and fortifications. [80] By 3:30 pm, Forrest had concluded that the Union troops could not hold the fort, thus he ordered a flag of truce raised and demanded that the fort be surrendered. Nathan Bedford Forrest was born in this Tennessee town. All Previous Reports Fully Confirmed. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. He filed for pension in Shelby County. Drag images here or select from your computer for CAPT William Montgomery Forrest memorial. "[176], After the lynch mob murder of four black people who had been arrested for defending themselves in a brawl at a barbecue, Forrest wrote to Tennessee Governor John C. Brown in August 1874 and "volunteered to help 'exterminate' those men responsible for the continued violence against the blacks", offering "to exterminate the white marauders who disgrace their race by this cowardly murder of Negroes". Fort Pillow Massacre Historians still argue over Forrests responsibility for the Fort Pillow Massacre, in which many Union African American troops were killed. He wrote on April 4, There is a Federal force of 500 or 600 at Fort Pillow, which I shall attend to in a day or two, as they have horses and supplies which we need.. [105] Here, the mobility of the troops under his command and his superior tactics led to victory,[106][107] allowing him to continue harassing Union forces in southwestern Tennessee and northern Mississippi throughout the war. Forrest recruited and equipped his command, sometimes at his own expense. Immediately thereafter, Forrest joined General John Bell Hood in the disastrous Tennessee campaign of November and December 1864. His raids were uniformly bold and skillful, and are his chief right to fame in the history of the cavalry. She was Miss Mary Ann Montgomery, and was. The ball went through Forrest's pelvis and lodged near his spine. Streight's goal changed from dismantling the railroad to escaping the pursuit. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. In 2013, the Forrest Park in Memphis was renamed the Health Sciences Park, amid substantial controversy. [206] After several public forums and discussions, Westside High School was unanimously approved in January 2014 as the school's new name. Bill suffered a stroke during the screening of "The Klansman" in 1908 and died less than 24 hours later, and was buried in Memphis. In all, the maneuver cost Forrest 96 men killed and 396 wounded. [39] A great-grandson, Nathan Bedford Forrest III (19051943), graduated from West Point and rose to the rank of brigadier general in the U.S. Army Air Corps; he was killed during a bombing raid over Nazi Germany in 1943, becoming the first American general to die in combat in the European theater during World War II. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. Cassidy. . Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. 1858. [235] Foote also made Forrest a major character in his novel Shiloh, which used numerous first-person stories to illustrate a detailed timeline and account of the battle.[236][237]. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Make sure that the file is a photo. A funeral procession formed at the church by thousands of marchers, who then proceeded to accompany the body to Elmwood Cemetery where he was buried. [16] William Forrest worked as a blacksmith in Tennessee until 1834, when he moved with his family to Salem, Mississippi. The school unveiled its latest mascot, a winged horse called "Lightning" inspired by the mythological Pegasus, during halftime of a basketball game against rival Tennessee State University on January 17, 1998. Indoor handball or rock climbing anyone? 2008 - 2022 INTERESTING.COM, INC. He used his cavalry troops as mounted infantry and often deployed artillery as the lead in battle, thus helping to "revolutionize cavalry tactics",[3] although the Confederate high command is seen by some commentators to have underappreciated his talents. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Resend Activation Email. Brother of Frances Ann Forrest He simply led his 700 men out before the surrender, establishing a reputation for boldness, and was promptly made a colonel and regimental commander. This monument stands as testament of our perpetual devotion and respect for Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest. General Forrest would be remembered only as a daring and successful guerrilla cavalry leader, were it not for the one great and indelible stain upon his name. The Montgomerys buggy had broken down while crossing a stream, and some local young men were on the river bank laughing and teasing Mary Ann and her mother. He was the son of Nathan Forrest and Mary Montgomery. He destroyed Union supplies and disabled miles of track and trestle work, and eluded pursuit until forced into a pitched battle at Parkers Crossroads on December 31, 1862. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? Forrest protested that to send such untrained men behind enemy lines was suicidal, but Bragg insisted, and Forrest obeyed his orders. Oops, we were unable to send the email. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. [77][78][79], Fort Pillow, located 40 miles (64km) upriver from Memphis (near Henning, Tennessee), was originally constructed by Confederate general Gideon Johnson Pillow on the bluffs of the Mississippi River, and taken over by Union forces in 1862 after the Confederates had abandoned the fort. William was 15 years old. He was the first born of two children. Called "Willie," he was only 14 years old when the war began. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. His younger sister, Francis Fannie Ann was born in 1849 but passed away at age 6 in 1854. Nathan was born on July 13 1821, in Chapel Hill, Bedford, now Marshall County, Tennessee, United States. It was after these efforts failed that Klan violence and intimidation escalated and became widespread. William was born in 1846 in Desoto County, Mississippi. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. Try again. In 1845, Jonathan Forrest was killed in a street fight over a business dispute. 0:54. Try again later. [118] When Hood's battle-hardened Army of Tennessee, consisting of 40,000 men deployed in three infantry corps plus 10,000 to 15,000 cavalry, was all but destroyed on December 1516, at the Battle of Nashville,[119] Forrest distinguished himself by commanding the Confederate rear guard in a series of actions that allowed what was left of the army to escape. In June 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate Army and became one of the few soldiers during the war to enlist as a private and be promoted to general without any prior military training. He was promoted to major general on December 4, 1863. [18], Forrest had success as a businessman, planter and slaveholder. The following scene satirically depicts Hanks, as Forrest in a Ku Klux Klan outfit, donning a hood and being superimposed into Klan footage from The Birth of a Nation. The bronze casting of more than heroic size (one and one-half life size), weighs 9,500 pounds. We encourage you to research and . [55], Promoted on July 21, 1862, to brigadier general, Forrest was given command of a Confederate cavalry brigade. How do we create a person's profile? By 1861, he had become one of the wealthiest men in the South. Booth. [232], The site is now a Tennessee State Historic Park. The long spring 1864 raid of USA General James H. Wilson, one of the ablest of the Union cavalry generals, pushed Forrest back to the defense of the Confederate ordnance center at Selma, Alabama, where Forrest was finally defeated on April 2, 1865. At the onset of the war in 1861, Jeffery and Nathan each enlisted as a. Historical Person Search Search Search Results Results WILLIAM MONTGOMERY FORREST (1846 - 1908) Try FREE for 14 days Try FREE for 14 days. The Confederate . The height of the monument is 21 feet 6 inches, including the equestrian of 12 feet. Klansmen took their orders from their former Confederate officers. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. [102] The Southern press steadfastly defended Forrest's reputation. They were later reburied in Columbia, Tennessee. It has been said that he never split a family and did not knowingly sell slaves to cruel masters. After serving as the president of the Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad, he settled on managing a plantation manned by convict labour. Geneanet. In the winter of 1863-64, Forrest was as active as ever. Weve updated the security on the site. 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