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Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 – October 29, 1877) was a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War and later the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan from 1867 to 1869. Before the war, Forrest amassed substantial wealth as a cotton plantation owner, horse and cattle trader, real estate broker , and slave trader .
The Nathan Bedford Forrest Statue is a 25 feet (7.6 m) equestrian statue of Confederate Lt. General Nathan Bedford Forrest.Now removed, the statue was formerly located on a narrow strip of private land in front of multiple Confederate and Southern state flags near Nashville, Tennessee, the capital city of Tennessee, and was visible from Interstate 65 at 701D Hogan Road.
Kenneth P'pool, who chaired the Nathan Bedford Forrest Bust Committee of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in 1973 (P'pool reportedly also earlier supported the candidacy of George Wallace for president in 1968), the late Tennessee state Senator and Sons of Confederate Veterans Joseph E. Johnston Camp 28 member Douglas Henry (D-Nashville), and the late Civil War expert and collector Lanier ...
Map of Parker's Cross Roads Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program. Dunham's and Forrest's march routes brought them into contact at Parker's Crossroads on December 31, 1862. Skirmishing began about 9 a.m., with Forrest taking an initial position along a wooded ridge northwest of Dunham at the intersection.
Jul. 23—Elvis — er, a Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest — has left the building. Tennessee's Capitol building. Before 10 a.m. Friday, the 44-inch tall bronze bust of the pre-Civil War ...
West Tennessee Raids. Forrest's Expedition into West Tennessee was a raid conducted by Confederate Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest in Tennessee from December 1862 to January 1863, during the American Civil War. Forrest led an expedition of 1,800 [1] to 2,500 [2] men into Union -held West Tennessee to disrupt the supply lines of Major ...
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The Maxwell House was Nashville's largest hotel, with five stories and 240 rooms. It advertised steam heat, gas lighting, and a bath on every floor. Rooms cost $4 a day, including meals. [ 1 ] Located on the northwest [ 8 ] corner of Fourth Avenue North and Church Street, the hotel had its front entrance, flanked by eight Corinthian columns, on ...