Nathan Bedford Forrest

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This file appears in: Forrest Reconnoitered

Nathan Bedford Forrest's Civil War career included a meteoric rise in command from private to lieutenant general. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

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…