Nathan Bedford Forrest

ID: 2813
This file appears in: Forrest Reconnoitered

Although Nathan Bedford Forrest entered the Civil War with no military training he rose rapidly through the ranks and was considered a military genius by the end of the conflict. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Forrest Reconnoitered

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #617 in Providence notes the movements of Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry as it passed through Webster County in the fall of 1861. The Kentucky legislature's declaration…