Who is Nathan Bedford Forrest?

Answer 1

He was a Confederate Lieutenant General who served as one of the most gifted cavalry and guerrilla commanders of the American Civil War. After the war he became involved in the newly formed Ku Klux Klan and opposed Reconstruction in his home state of Tennessee. Within a few years of taking over the KKK however, Forrest felt it had become too violent in regard to African Americans and other people involved with Reconstruction, and ordered it disbanded.

Answer 2

Nathan Bedford Forrest was born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee on July 13, 1821.

He was named after the county where he was born: Bedford County.

Answer 3

Nathan Bedford Forrest was born on July 13, 1821.

Answer 4

Nathan Bedford Forrest died in Memphis in Oct. 1877.

Answer 5

Nathan Bedford Forrest, born July 13, 1821 was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army. Nathan is most known for being one of the most unusual war figures in the world.