Nathan Bedford Forrest

ID: 3256

Forrest made a rapid advance up the chain of command during the Civil War largely due to battlefield actions.
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This file appears in: Forrest Foraged

Forrest Foraged

By Tim Talbott

Historical Marker #598 in Simpson County notes the movement of Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry while in the area during the Confederate invasion of Kentucky during the summer and fall of 1862. In…