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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.
Jul 13, 2019 · Gov. Bill Lee signed a proclamation declaring July 13 Nathan Bedford Forrest Day, despite criticism from Democrats and calls to remove his bust and statue. Forrest was a slave trader and an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
Jul 13, 2019 · Saturday, July 13, is Nathan Bedford Forrest Day in Tennessee, as it has been every year since 1921, when a state representative named John Travis of Henry County got a bill passed marking...
May 20, 2024 · Nathan Bedford Forrest (born July 13, 1821, near Chapel Hill, Tennessee, U.S.—died October 29, 1877, Memphis, Tennessee) was a Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War (1861–65) who was often described as a “born military genius.”
Nathan Bedford Forrest Day has been a Tennessee holiday or day of observance for nearly a century. Here's how it came to be and why it's still around.
Jul 13, 2019 · Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a proclamation declaring Saturday “Nathan Bedford Forrest Day,” in honor of the Confederate Army general who was a slave trader and an early member of the Ku Klux...
Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the most polarizing figures of the Civil War era, was born July 13, 1821 in Chapel Hill, Tennessee – a small town on the Duck River.
