[239][238] The Mississippi NAACP petitioned Governor Haley Barbour to denounce the plates and prevent their distribution. When General Nathan Bedford Forrest was born on 13 July 1821, in Chapel Hill, Marshall, Tennessee, United States, his father, William B Forrest, was 20 and his mother, Miriam A Beck, was 19. I thought you might like to see a memorial for CAPT William Montgomery Forrest I found on Findagrave.com. [81] Forrest's men immediately took over the fort, while Union soldiers retreated to the lower bluffs of the river, but the USS New Era did not come to their rescue. [117] He eventually made the attempt, but it was too late. In all, the maneuver cost Forrest 96 men killed and 396 wounded. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. [4] Forrest was born in Oxford, Mississippi, in 1871. Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton, who is black, blocked the move. Afterwards, he admitted to 'gentlemanly lies'. J. L. BELL is a Massachusetts writer who specializes in (among other things) the start of the American Revolution in and around Boston. In 1866, Forrest and C.C. After struggling to deal with the Confederacys defeat, as well as its devastating effect on the South during the Reconstruction Era, Forrest dissolved his affiliations with several extremist groups, and made a concerted effort to shake his persona as That Devil Forrest. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. Nathan Bedford Forrest was born to a poor family in Bedford County, Tennessee. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of William Forrest (8578580)? Tom Hanks' title character in the film Forrest Gump remarks in one scene that his mother named him after Nathan Bedford Forrest and "we was related to him in some way". [190] However, on October 13, 2017, the Tennessee Historical Commission invoked the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2013 and U.S. Public Law 85-425: Sec. In 1869, Forrest expressed disillusionment with the lack of discipline in the white supremacist terrorist group across the South,[8] and issued a letter ordering the dissolution of the Ku Klux Klan as well as the destruction of its costumes; he then withdrew from the organization. Forrest was elevated in Memphis in particularwhere he lived and diedto the status of folk hero. Hernando, DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA. WILLIAM MONTGOMERY FORRESTmarried Jane Taylor Cook Forrestandhad 3children. The long spring 1864 raid of USA General James H. Wilson, one of the ablest of the Union cavalry generals, pushed Forrest back to the defense of the Confederate ordnance center at Selma, Alabama, where Forrest was finally defeated on April 2, 1865. [13] Forrest's family lived in a log house (now preserved as the Nathan Bedford Forrest Boyhood Home) from 1830 to 1833. From the 1850 federal census, William M. Forrest lived with his father, mother, and sister at DeSoto County, Mississippi. Mary Ann Montgomery Forrest died in January 1893 in Memphis. No direct evidence suggests that he ordered the shooting of surrendering or unarmed men, but to fully exonerate him from responsibility is also impossible". [187], Forrest was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis. According to survivors, many blacks were killed after they had surrendered. In August 2000, a road on Fort Bliss named for Forrest decades earlier was renamed for former post commander Richard T. Forrest probably organized a statewide Klan network in Georgia during these visits. [112] Concerned about Union supply lines, Maj. Gen. Sherman sent a force under the command of Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Smith to deal with Forrest. [180], In response to the Pole-Bearers speech, the Cavalry Survivors Association of Augusta, the first Confederate organization formed after the war, called a meeting in which Captain F. Edgeworth Eve gave a speech expressing strong disapproval of Forrest's remarks promoting inter-ethnic harmony, ridiculing his faculties and judgment and berating the woman who gave Forrest flowers as "a mulatto wench". Tippah County, Mississippi native Jeffery Edward Forrest was a younger and purportedly favorite brother of Nathan Bedford Forrest. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of William Forrest (8578580)? [108] Forrest set up a position for an attack to repulse a pursuing force commanded by Sturgis, who had been sent to impede Forrest from destroying Union supply lines and fortifications. Nathan always maintained close ties to his family and watched over them as best he could. A surgeon removed the musket ball a week later, without anesthesia, which was unavailable. Failed to delete memorial. "[146] Forrest was the Klan's first and only Grand Wizard, and he was active in recruitment for the Klan from 1867 to 1868. 0 cemeteries found in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA. He worked as a law enforcement officer, magistrate, and was elected alderman for the City of Memphis. [238], A 2011 Mississippi license plate proposal to honor him, by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, revived tensions and raised objections from Mississippi chapter of the NAACP president Derrick Johnson, who compared Forrest to Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. On May 9, 1865, at Gainesville, Forrest read his farewell address to the men under his command, enjoining them to "submit to the powers to be, and to aid in restoring peace and establishing law and order throughout the land. In the ensuing raids he was pursued by thousands of Union soldiers trying to locate his fast-moving forces. Please try again later. Nathan Bedford Forrest II (August 1871 - March 11, 1931) was an American businessman who served as the 19th Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans from 1919 to 1921, [1] [2] [3] and as the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan for Georgia. "[176], After the lynch mob murder of four black people who had been arrested for defending themselves in a brawl at a barbecue, Forrest wrote to Tennessee Governor John C. Brown in August 1874 and "volunteered to help 'exterminate' those men responsible for the continued violence against the blacks", offering "to exterminate the white marauders who disgrace their race by this cowardly murder of Negroes". The Forrest family had migrated to Tennessee from Virginia, via North Carolina, during the second half of the 18th Century, while the Beck family had moved from South Carolina to Tennessee around . General Nathan Bedford Forrest died October 29, 1877, at his brothers home in Memphis at the age of 57. Try again later. The Republicans had nominated one of Forrest's battle adversaries, Union war hero Ulysses S. Grant, for the Presidency at their convention held in October. He was more like a father to them than a brother. The native Tennesseean had amassed a fortune, which he estimated at $1,500,000, as a slave trader and plantation owner before enlisting in the Confederate army as a private in Josiah H. White's cavalry company on June 14, 1861. You have been good Soldiers; you can be good citizens. Forrest is often erroneously quoted as saying his strategy was to "git thar fustest with the mostest". One of the wounded Matlock men survived and served under Forrest during the Civil War. The exhumation and reburial was the result of a campaign which began after the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017. Bill suffered a stroke during the screening of "The Klansman" in 1908 and died less than 24 hours later, and was buried in Memphis. Fort Pillow Massacre Historians still argue over Forrests responsibility for the Fort Pillow Massacre, in which many Union African American troops were killed. [232], The site is now a Tennessee State Historic Park. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. For Selma, of all places, to have a big monument to a Klansman is totally unacceptable". William Montgomery and Jane had four children: Mary Elvira Forrest, Nathan Bedford Forrest, William Montgomery Forrest, and James Cook Forrest, who died in 1878 at age four. Streight had orders to cut the Confederate railroad south of Chattanooga, Tennessee to seal off Bragg's supply line and force him to retreat into Georgia. He sold his cotton plantation in 1867, and for some years was president of the Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad, but resigned in 1874. Nathan Bedford Forrest II (August 1871 March 11, 1931) was an American businessman who served as the 19th Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans from 1919 to 1921,[1][2][3] and as the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan for Georgia. F > Forrest > William Montgomery Forrest, WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. He and Mary Ann were married six weeks later, on September 25, 1845. [198] The Tennessee legislature established July 13 as "Nathan Bedford Forrest Day". High schools named for Forrest were built in Chapel Hill, Tennessee and Jacksonville, Florida. Learn more about managing a memorial . [206] After several public forums and discussions, Westside High School was unanimously approved in January 2014 as the school's new name. [94] These statements, however, were contradicted by Union survivors, as well as by the letter of a Confederate soldier who graphically recounted a massacre. He got involved in trading cattle and horses, and a slave trader, which was not an unusual profession at the time. [14] He and his twin sister, Fanny, were the two eldest of 12 children. [257], Confederate States Army general and Ku Klux Klan leader (1821-1877), This article is about the Confederate general. cemeteries found in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. SOURCES Bits of Blue and Gray Mary Ann Montgomery Nathan Bedford Forrest A Different Kind of Hero General Nathan Bedford Forrest Nathan Bedford Forrest Biography Wikipedia: Nathan Bedford Forrest The Massacre at Fort Pillow PDF File Forrests Obituary: The New York Times A Brief Biography of Nathan Bedford Forrest Nathan Bedford Forrest and Mary Ann Montgomery Assessing Civil War Historiography and Nathan Bedford Forrests Place in It. Forrest, William He is particularly interested in the experiences of children in 1765-75. All Previous Reports Fully Confirmed. After a brief courtship, the couple wed on September 25, 1845. . He had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with Jane Taylor Cook. Nathan Bedford Forrest, called Bedford Forrest in his lifetime, was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. In July 1864, he stood off USA General A.J. Gen. Benjamin Grierson's cavalry division. [126], He later found employment at the Selma-based Marion & Memphis Railroad and eventually became the company president. His grandfather, Nathan Bedford Forrest, was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded cavalry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. [235] Foote also made Forrest a major character in his novel Shiloh, which used numerous first-person stories to illustrate a detailed timeline and account of the battle.[236][237]. [118] When Hood's battle-hardened Army of Tennessee, consisting of 40,000 men deployed in three infantry corps plus 10,000 to 15,000 cavalry, was all but destroyed on December 1516, at the Battle of Nashville,[119] Forrest distinguished himself by commanding the Confederate rear guard in a series of actions that allowed what was left of the army to escape. [216] Forrest fought by simple rules; he maintained that "war means fighting and fighting means killing" and the way to win was "to get there first with the most men". ", "Sons of Confederate Veterans 'Put to Rest for Eternity' Gen. Nathan Bedford in Columbia, Tennessee", Animated History of The Campaigns of Nathan Bedford Forrest, General Nathan Bedford Forrest Historical Society, List of Union Civil War monuments and memorials, List of memorials to the Grand Army of the Republic, Confederate artworks in the United States Capitol, List of Confederate monuments and memorials. In 1845, Forrest married Mary Ann Montgomery (1826-1893), the niece of a Presbyterian minister who was her legal guardian. In 1849, Nathan Bedford Forrest moved to Memphis, where he used his accumulating riches to begin buying and selling slaves. In a letter to his wife three days after the battle, Confederate soldier Samuel Caldwell wrote, If General Forrest had not run between our men and the Yanks with his pistol and sabre drawn, not a man would have been spared.. William supported his family as a blacksmith who had been part of the westward expansion across Tennessee, moving from one village to another as opportunity presented itself. Try again later. [167] Former Governor of New York Horatio Seymour was nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate, while Forrest's friend, Frank Blair, Jr. was nominated as the Democratic vice presidential candidate, Seymour's running mate. His opponent, Brig. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? In the 1870s, Forrests health began to fail, and for several years he was plagued by illness. I thought you might like to see a memorial for CAPT William Montgomery Forrest I found on Findagrave.com. Booth. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? (CSA), William Montgomery Forrest, Burial of Capt. Son William M Forrest 4 Daughter Francis A Forrest 2 "Ladies and Gentlemen I accept the flowers as a memento of reconciliation between the white and colored races of the southern states. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Bio notes: Confederate General like his father. Our Arctic Series Cold Climate Heat Pumps are both the most advanced and cost effective air source heat pump on the market, with the ability to heat your home, office, shop, and pool/hot tub. Add to your scrapbook. [207] In 2013, the board voted 70 to begin the process to rename the school. When he expressed his opinion to one of General Forrest's granddaughters, she replied after a pause, "You know, we never thought much of Mr. Lincoln in my family". The school unveiled its latest mascot, a winged horse called "Lightning" inspired by the mythological Pegasus, during halftime of a basketball game against rival Tennessee State University on January 17, 1998. Forrest's grandson, Nathan Bedford Forrest II (18721931), became commander-in-chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans[38] and a Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia and secretary of the national organization. [132] According to Forrest biographer Jack Hurst, writers present at the public viewing of Forrest's body and at the funeral procession noted many black citizens among them. Will, "deranged by worry over financial matters. William served in the Cavalry Division under his father Nathan Bedford Forrest. [102] The Chicago Tribune said Forrest and his brothers were "slave drivers and woman whippers", while Forrest himself was described as "mean, vindictive, cruel, and unscrupulous". It means we have grit. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. It means we have grind. [97] It was the South's publicly stated position that slaves firing on whites would be killed on the spot, along with Southern whites that fought for the Union, whom the Confederacy considered traitors. [31] He was known as a tireless rider in the saddle and a skilled swordsman. "[253] In 2021 Sexton voted against the removal of the bust of Forrest from the Tennessee State Capitol and into the Tennessee State Museum, but only one politician agreed with him and the bust was removed. Try again later. He reportedly had 30 horses shot from under him, and personally killed 31 men in hand-to-hand combat, saying I was a horse ahead at the end.. 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