Nathan Bedford Forrest
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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
Forrest Reconnoitered
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 of allegiance to the Union in September…