Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA (1821-1877)

ID: 2869
This file appears in: Battle of Sacramento

Forrest was the leader of the Confederate cavalry forces that surprised Major Eli H. Murray’s Union troops at the Battle of Sacramento in December 1861. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Battle of Sacramento

By Whitney Todd
Historical marker #523 in McLean County recounts the surprise attack by Confederate forces on Union troops near Sacramento, Kentucky. The Battle of Sacramento was Confederate Colonel (later general)…