Nathan Bedford Forrest

ID: 1627
This file appears in: Forrest's Raid

Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army. A prominent figure in the western theater of the Civil War, Forrest's actions include the March 25, 1964 raid at Paducah. Courtesy of the University of Kentucky.

This file appears in: Forrest's Raid

By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #517 in McCracken County recalls Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest's raid on Paducah in March 1864. The journey to Paducah from western Tennessee began in the spring of…