Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 October 29, 1877), called Bedford Forrest in his lifetime, was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He married Mary Ann Montgomery on 25 September 1845, in Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, United States. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. All available carts and wagons were pressed into service to haul six hundred boxes of army clothing, 250,000 pounds of bacon and forty wagon-loads of ammunition to the railroad depots, to be sent off to Chattanooga and Decatur. FORREST'S SON, WILLIAM MONTGOMERY FORREST, poses in this only known image of him in Confederate uniform. Although he repeatedly denied membership even to Congress Forrest in fact led the Klan through one of its most successful periods, when robed terrorists succeeded in rolling back Reconstruction. He seemed to be a natural military genius with an intuitive grasp not only of tactics, but also of logistics. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. There is a problem with your email/password. Family Tree . Birthday: July 13, 1821 ( Cancer) Born In: Bedford County, Tennessee, United States 24 17 Military Leaders #45 Leaders #215 Quick Facts Nick Name: Old Bed, Devil Forrest, Wizard of the Saddle Died At Age: 56 Family: father: William Forrest mother: Miriam Beck siblings: Colonel Jesse Forrest, John Cimprich Military Leaders American Men [114] He continued to oppose Union efforts in the West for the remainder of the war. The next month, he captured the Union garrison with its stores at Murfreesboro, and on July 21, 1862, he was promoted to brigadier general, and began a long and illustrious association with the Confederate Army of Tennessee. 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. The historical record does not support his repeated denials that he knew a massacre was taking place, or that he even knew a massacre had occurred at all. The lieutenant colonel shared his winter quarters with his wife Mary and their son Willie. Wife of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. Try again later. He was the son of Nathan Forrest and Mary Montgomery. He moved his family to Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee and is found on the census there in 1860, He was a planter. Try again later. Streight's goal changed from dismantling the railroad to escaping the pursuit. "[123], As a former slave trader and slave owner, Forrest experienced the abolition of slavery at war's end as a major financial setback. J. L. BELL is a Massachusetts writer who specializes in (among other things) the start of the American Revolution in and around Boston. [34][54], By early summer, Forrest commanded a new brigade of inexperienced cavalry regiments. Failed to remove flower. [34][35] He also contracted the disease, but survived; his father recovered but died from residual effects of the disease five years later, when Bedford was 16. William Hugh Montgomery 1792 - 1829 . . Geni requires JavaScript! 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. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. McCreanor contracted to finish the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad, including a right-of-way that passed over the ridge. After the war, Nathan Bedford Forrest lived in Memphis, and spent years struggling to regain the financial status he had enjoyed before the war, and failed in many business ventures. 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. [76] On March 25, 1864, Forrest's cavalry raided the town of Paducah, Kentucky in the Battle of Paducah, during which Forrest demanded the surrender of U.S. [170], Forrest testified before the Congressional investigation of Klan activities on June 27, 1871. The Horrors and Cruelties of the Scene Intensified. It was evident that he felt this, as his constantly-repeated defenses of himself show. "[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. Day 1 of the 2021 Ryder Cup ended on a high note for Team USA, which leads Team Europe 6-2 heading into Day 2. There, with the labor of over a hundred prison convicts, he grew corn, potatoes, vegetables and cotton profitably, but his health was in steady decline. It was after these efforts failed that Klan violence and intimidation escalated and became widespread. 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. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. 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.. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. He passed awayon 7 FEB 1908in Memphis, Shelby, TN. [4] While scholars generally acknowledge Forrest's skills and acumen as a cavalry leader and military strategist, he has remained a controversial figure in Southern racial history for his main role in the massacre of several hundred Union soldiers at Fort Pillow, a majority of them black, coupled with his role following the war as a leader of the Klan. There is a problem with your email/password. Even so, he never completely adjusted to the new realities of the postwar South. ). Forrest fought increasing enemy forces with dwindling ranks. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. This broke with its historic loyalty to the Plessy v. After the age of 8, Bill grew up as an only child. [170][171] Forrest played a prominent role in the spread of the Klan in the South, meeting with racist whites in Atlanta several times between February and March 1868. [188] In 1904, the remains of Forrest and his wife Mary were disinterred from Elmwood and moved to a Memphis city park that was originally named Forrest Park in his honor, but has since been renamed Health Sciences Park. Brother of Frances Ann Forrest Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. By November, Forrests Tennessee Cavalry Battalion included roughly 790 men from Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, and Texas. Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 October 29, 1877) was a prominent Confederate Army general during the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan from 1867 to 1869. His younger sister, Francis Fannie Ann was born in 1849 but passed away at age 6 in 1854. In Georgia, blacks and Republicans also faced a lot of violence. An uncle of William was a Major in the reorganized regiment. He got involved in trading cattle and horses, and a slave trader, which was not an unusual profession at the time. The Klan's violence was primarily designed to intimidate voters, targeting black and white supporters of the Republican Party. Forrest assisted in maintaining order. Bragg failed to do so, upon which Forrest was quoted as saying, "What does he fight battles for? Family He was married to Mary Montgomery in 1845 in Desoto County, Mississippi. The group was a loose collection of local factions throughout the former Confederacy that used violence and the threat of violence to maintain white control over the newly enfranchised former slaves. Marriage Although there are a number of differing accounts of the events that took place in the summer of 1845, Forrest did meet his future wife in a notable and romantic way. in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, USA , United States, Died on October 29, 1877 when he was 7 years old and later to Atlanta, GA. Sports betting may work on Beale Street. [16] William Forrest worked as a blacksmith in Tennessee until 1834, when he moved with his family to Salem, Mississippi. 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. [180], In response to the Pole-Bearers speech, the Cavalry Survivors Association of Augusta, the first Confederate organization formed after the war, called a meeting in which Captain F. Edgeworth Eve gave a speech expressing strong disapproval of Forrest's remarks promoting inter-ethnic harmony, ridiculing his faculties and judgment and berating the woman who gave Forrest flowers as "a mulatto wench". Please try again later. [40], After the Civil War broke out, Forrest returned to Tennessee from his Mississippi ventures and enlisted in the Confederate States Army (CSA) on June 14, 1861. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. We chose General Forrest". [50], A few days after the Confederate surrender of Fort Donelson, with the fall of Nashville to Union forces imminent, Forrest took command of the city. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. [7], 19th Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Western Theater of the American Civil War, List of commanders-in-chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nathan_Bedford_Forrest_II&oldid=1063613043, Commanders-in-chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 4 January 2022, at 00:17. Conflicting accounts of what actually occurred were given later.[87][88][89]. [122] A week later, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant in Virginia. 6 feet 2 inches. 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. 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. A surgeon removed the musket ball a week later, without anesthesia, which was unavailable. GREAT NEWS! Brett Forrest resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado; I'm a descendant of Confederate general and first Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest, and I candidly and wholeheartedly believe . 5.] Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. (CSA), William Montgomery Forrest, Death of Capt. [240] Barbour refused to denounce the honor. [230], Whether the massacre was premeditated or spontaneous does not address the more fundamental question of whether a massacre took place it certainly did, in every dictionary sense of the word. In December 1861, in his first major combat experience at Sacramento, Kentucky, Forrest demonstrated the traits of common sense tactics and close-hand fighting that would characterize his military career. [124] The ridgetop commissary he built as a provisioning store for the 1,000 Irish laborers hired to lay the rails became the nucleus of a town, which most residents called "Forrest's Town" and which was incorporated as Forrest City, Arkansas in 1870. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LH-RSS, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T2-T2N, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8Q-6Q1, http://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/history/military/pension006.htm, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDW8-DXD, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8578580/william-montgomery-forrest, "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (, "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (, "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (, "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (. Also faced a lot of violence to do so, upon which Forrest quoted! 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