No, Nathan Bedford Forrest did not attend the US Military Academy at West Point. He was a naturally gifted leader without formal military training.
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Union General Andrew Jackson Smith graduated from West point in 1838. Among the 45 graduating cadets, Smith was ranked 36th. Smith saw most of his battle action in the Western Theater. He was a key general in the 1864 Battle of Nashville and defeated Confederate General Nathan Forrest at the Battle of Tupelo.
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The halfway point is Tilton, NH.
Many would say bad, as he was a slave-trader, who helped to start the KKK (although he eventually told them to stop their violent activities.) His impact on history is really that he was the best soldier the Confederacy ever produced, and Jefferson Davis confessed that his biggest mistake as Confederate president was not to have promoted Forrest to the highest rank. (The aristocratic Davis did not believe in promoting men of humble origin, who had not been trained at West Point.)
Yes. Both. Many in the North consider him evil and many in the South consider him a hero. Those who hate him point to two things: the Massacre at Fort Pillow and his involvement with the Klu Klux Klan after the war. There is a lot of discussion about both. Some even say the KKK was needed to keep the Northern scalawags from taking over the local governments of the Southern States. Then the KKK changed after Forrest resigned and it was used to terrorize the blacks. Even though Forrest was not educated, he was a great businessman before and after the war. It didn't seem to be his nature to want to kill and destroy. However, during the war he excelled in his fighting ability. The book "As They Saw Forrest" by Robert Henry is a collection of writings about General Forrest by people who knew him and even a British royalty. His name was feared by many Union soldiers. He was known to have persuaded some Union soldiers to surrender their position even when they out-numbered Forrest. His fighting abilities were held in high esteem during the war.
One of the halfway points between Southport, NC and Bedford, VA is Macks Village, NC.
Porter Springs, Georgia.
I think it was Maine.
John Forrest was Australian. A notable explorer and politician, he was born at Preston Point, near Bunbury in Western Australia.
A current West Point graduate becomes a 2nd lieutenant with a salary of $69,000 per year.