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. In 1845, Forrest married Mary Ann Montgomery (1826-1893), the niece of a Presbyterian minister who was her legal guardian. [226] Forrest's claim that the Fort Pillow massacre was an invention of Northern reporters is contradicted by letters written by Confederate soldiers to their own families, which described extreme brutality on the part of Confederate troops. And I now cheerfully and gratefully acknowledge my indebtedness to the officers and men of my command, whose zeal, fidelity and unflinching bravery have been the great source of my past success in arms. "[146] Forrest was the Klan's first and only Grand Wizard, and he was active in recruitment for the Klan from 1867 to 1868. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. [159], In an 1868 interview by a Cincinnati newspaper, Forrest claimed that the Klan had 40,000 members in Tennessee and 550,000 total members throughout the Southern states. He passed away on 7 FEB 1908 in Memphis, Shelby, TN. Forrest recruited and equipped his command, sometimes at his own expense. Similar accounts were reported in many Southern newspapers at the time. Forrest sent a full charge after the retreating army and captured 16 artillery pieces, 176 wagons and 1,500 stands of small arms. Forrest set up winter headquarters at Hopkinsville, in southwestern Kentucky, on December 20, lodging his troopers in floored tents as they contended with the cold and an outbreak of measles. Failed to remove flower. Mr Forrest lived from 1821 to 1877. [5], In the Confederate Veteran, Nathan Bedford Forrest II claimed that he and Tate Brady were making plans together for an "active campaign throughout Oklahoma" as an act of terrorism against the U.S. Government and on behalf of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Instead, he noted that the state legislature would not be likely to approve the plate anyway. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. 0:54. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. (CSA), William Montgomery Forrest, Death of Capt. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. In April 1862, Forrest fought with distinction at the Battle of Shiloh where he was severely wounded during the Confederate retreat. He moved his family to Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee and is found on the census there in 1860, He was a planter. A bust sculpted by Jane Baxendale is on display at the Tennessee State Capitol building in Nashville. A system error has occurred. [43] In October 1861, Forrest was given command of a regiment, the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry. After his cavalry captured a Union artillery battery, he broke out of a siege headed by Major General Ulysses S. Grant, rallying nearly 4,000 troops and leading them to escape across the Cumberland River. He reported for training at Fort Wright near Randolph, Tennessee,[41] joining Captain Josiah White's cavalry company, the Tennessee Mounted Rifles (Seventh Tennessee Cavalry), as a private along with his youngest brother and 15-year-old son. [68] Gould shot Forrest in the hip and Forrest mortally stabbed Gould. [30][44], Public debate surrounded Tennessee's decision to join the Confederacy and both the Confederate and Union armies recruited soldiers from the state. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? [33], Forrest had twelve brothers and sisters; two of his eight brothers and three of his four sisters died of typhoid fever at an early age, all at about the same time. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. That Devil Forrest A succession of commanders realized Forrests talent as a raider and used him to wreak havoc behind Union lines. Try again later. [132], Forrest reportedly died from acute complications of diabetes at the Memphis home of his brother Jesse on October 29, 1877. They had two children; a son, William Montgomery Bedford, born in 1846, and in 1848 a daughter, Frances, who died when she was five years old. He got involved in trading cattle and horses, and a slave trader, which was not an unusual profession at the time. Mary Ann Montgomery Forrest died in January 1893 in Memphis. There was an error deleting this problem. His other memorial can be seen here: Jeffrey Edward Forrest Civil War Confederate Officer. As the Klan's first national leader, he became the Lost Cause's avenging angel, galvanizing a loose collection of boyish secret social clubs into a reactionary instrument of terror still feared today. On July 10, 1861, Tennessee Governor Isham Harris, who knew Forrest by his reputation as a businessman in Memphis, and commissioned him a lieutenant colonel with the authority to recruit a battalion of mounted rangers. Failed to delete memorial. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Their great-grandfather, Shadrach Forrest, moved between 1730 and 1740 from Virginia to North Carolina, where his son and grandson were born; they moved to Tennessee in 1806. William married Jane Taylor Cook, daughter of James Cook and Elvira Darnell. Gen. James Chalmers, attacked and recaptured Fort Pillow. Fort Pillow Massacre Historians still argue over Forrests responsibility for the Fort Pillow Massacre, in which many Union African American troops were killed. Congress and Grant passed the Enforcement Acts from 1870 to 1871, to protect "registration, voting, officeholding, or jury service" of African Americans. Nathan Bedford Forrest was born to William and Miriam Beck Forrest in Bedford County, Tennessee in 1821. With only the Mississippi hill farm, Forrest began making changes in the familys business affairs, and helped his mother scratch out a comfortable living for the family. [185] His eulogy was delivered by his recent spiritual mentor, former Confederate chaplain George Tucker Stainback, who declared in his eulogy: "Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest, though dead, yet speaketh. Gen. Benjamin Grierson's cavalry division. William Forrest; [195] The World War II Army base Camp Forrest in Tullahoma, Tennessee was named after him. [248][249], As of 2019, Nathan Bedford Forrest Day was still observed in Tennessee, though some Democrats in the state had attempted to change the law which required Tennessee's governor to sign a proclamation honoring the holiday. . He married Jane Taylor Cook in 1868 in Hernando, Mississippi and they had four children. Jane was born 3 February 1847 at Oxford, Mississippi. Wife of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. [168] The Democratic Party platform denounced the Reconstruction Acts as unconstitutional, void, and revolutionary. [18], Forrest had success as a businessman, planter and slaveholder. He was paroled at Gainesville, Alabama May 11, 1865. [132] Aiming to right his past wrongs, Forrest encouraged African-Americans to "work, be industrious, live honestly and act truly", as well as declaring that "when you are oppressed, I'll come to your relief". Nathan Bedford Forrest and his twin sister Frances or Fanny were born on July 13, 1821 the second and third oldest of twelve children born to William and Miriam (Beck) Forrest in Bedford County, Tennessee. He had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with Jane Taylor Cook. [206] After several public forums and discussions, Westside High School was unanimously approved in January 2014 as the school's new name. The height of the monument is 21 feet 6 inches, including the equestrian of 12 feet. High schools named for Forrest were built in Chapel Hill, Tennessee and Jacksonville, Florida. In the winter of 1862-63, he was continually active in raiding the enemys lines of communication, and succeeded in severing Grants communications in western Tennessee in December 1862. Then, following redeeming victories at Thompsons Station and Brentwood that spring, Forrest stopped a Union raid led by Colonel Abel Streight through northern Alabama in April and May 1863. The time 9:01 is significant to Memphis Greenspace President Van Turner. He liked horses because he liked fast movement, and his mounted men could get from here to there much faster than any infantry could; but when they reached the field they usually tied their horses to trees and fought on foot, and they were as good as the very best infantry.[222]. WILLIAM MONTGOMERY FORRESTmarried Jane Taylor Cook Forrestandhad 3children. Stuart and Philip Sheridan, he was the finest cavalry leader of the whole war. 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". All Previous Reports Fully Confirmed. [181][182] The Macon Weekly Telegraph newspaper also condemned Forrest for his speech, describing the event as "the recent disgusting exhibition of himself at the negro jamboree" and quoting part of a Charlotte Observer article, which read "We have infinitely more respect for Longstreet, who fraternizes with negro men on public occasions, with the pay for the treason to his race in his pocket, than with Forrest and [General] Pillow, who equalize with the negro women, with only 'futures' in payment". Forrest himself recounted her influence to a friend saying: I am not the same man you were with so long and knew so well. [125], The historian Court Carney writes that Forrest was not universally popular in the white Memphis community: he alienated many of the city's businessmen in his commercial dealings and he was criticized for questionable business practices that caused him to default on debts. Forrest's legacy as "one of the most controversialand popularicons of the war" still draws heated public debate. (CSA), William Montgomery Forrest, Burial of Capt. He is particularly interested in the experiences of children in 1765-75. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. [129][130][131][132][133][134][135][136], Forrest was an early member of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), which was formed by six veterans of the Confederate Army in Pulaski, Tennessee, during the spring of 1866[137][138][139] and soon expanded throughout the state and beyond. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Obey the laws, preserve your honor, and the government to which you have surrendered can afford to be and will be magnanimous. Bill joined the Confederate Army June 14, 1861 at age 15, and served under his father, attaining the rank of Captain by the end of the war. Several of Forrests battles were minor classics of cavalry tactics. Richard L. Fuchs, author of An Unerring Fire, concluded: The affair at Fort Pillow was simply an orgy of death, a mass lynching to satisfy the basest of conductintentional murderfor the vilest of reasonsracism and personal enmity. Victory came quickly, with the Union soldiers running toward the river or surrendering. Nathan B. Forrest III was born in Memphis, Tenn., in April 1905. [141][142] Brian Steel Wills quotes two KKK members who identified Forrest as a Klan leader. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. 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. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. [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". [99] President Abraham Lincoln asked his cabinet for opinions as to how the Union should respond to the massacre. [187], Forrest was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis. Please try again later. [11], Nathan Bedford Forrest was born on July 13, 1821, to a poor settler family in a secluded frontier cabin near Chapel Hill hamlet, then part of Bedford County, Tennessee, but now encompassed in Marshall County. The lieutenant colonel shared his winter quarters with his wife Mary and their son Willie. With the battle almost won, a second Union force appeared, and Forrest was fortunate to save most of his force. [257], Confederate States Army general and Ku Klux Klan leader (1821-1877), This article is about the Confederate general. [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. [21][22] By the time the American Civil War started in 1861, he had become one of the richest men in the South, having amassed a "personal fortune that he claimed was worth $1.5 million". You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. [252], In June 2020, after Black members of the Tennessee House of Representatives unsuccessfully asked it to eliminate a state celebration of Forrest, Representative Cameron Sexton opined: "I dont think anybody here is truly racist. Explore the catalogue according to effect, room or colour. 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". Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. In 1866, Forrest and C.C. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. After the war, Nathan Bedford Forrest lived in Memphis, and spent years struggling to regain the financial status he had enjoyed before the war, and failed in many business ventures. See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below. 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. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Year should not be greater than current year. Depending on where you live, you may find an abundance of fitness and recreational opportunities. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. [101], Because of the events at Fort Pillow, the Northern public and press viewed Forrest as a war criminal. A statue of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, is seen defaced with hot-pink paint on Dec. 28, 2017, after it was vandalized in Nashville. He died in 1837, leaving Forrest, the primary caretaker and defender of the . occupation of William, Nathan Bedford Forrest's dad. 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. [40], After the Civil War broke out, Forrest returned to Tennessee from his Mississippi ventures and enlisted in the Confederate States Army (CSA) on June 14, 1861. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. The Civil War In June 1861, Forrest enlisted as a private in Captain Josiah Whites Tennessee Mounted Rifles, along with his youngest brother and fifteen-year-old son. Try again later. The bronze casting of more than heroic size (one and one-half life size), weighs 9,500 pounds. The association voted unanimously to amend its constitution to expressly forbid publicly advocating for or hinting at any association of white women and girls as being in the same classes as "females of the negro race". Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. Nathan was born on July 13 1821, in Chapel Hill, Bedford, now Marshall County, Tennessee, United States. After a brief courtship, the couple wed on September 25, 1845. . Forrest had to recruit a new brigade, composed of about 2,000 inexperienced recruits, most of whom lacked weapons. He is noted mainly as a highly successful raider behind Union lines, but also distinguished himself in several traditional type battles. He married Mary Ann Montgomery on 25 September 1845, in Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, United States. Verify and try again. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Nathan Bedford Forrest was born on July 13, 1821 in rural Chapel Hill, Tennessee. 5.] An uncle of William was a Major in the reorganized regiment. His acts have photographed themselves upon the hearts of thousands, and will speak there forever. He and Mary Ann were married six weeks later, on September 25, 1845. Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 - October 29, 1877) was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He was in favor of promoting good feeling between the two sections, and by the terms of his address to his old comrades in arms, asking them to join in decorating the graves of the dead Union soldiers. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? He developed his natural ability as a leader and held many civic posts throughout his young life. He acquired several cotton plantations in the Delta region of West Tennessee,[13] and became a slave trader at a time when demand for slaves was booming in the Deep South; his slave trading business was based on Adams Street in Memphis. In the 1870s, Forrests health began to fail, and for several years he was plagued by illness. [63][64][65], Not all of Forrest's exploits of individual combat involved enemy troops. This is a carousel with slides. [98] The 226 Union troops taken prisoner at Fort Pillow were marched under guard to Holly Springs, Mississippi and then convoyed to Demopolis, Alabama. In April 1864, in what has been called "one of the bleakest, saddest events of American military history",[5] troops under Forrest's command at the Battle of Fort Pillow massacred hundreds of troops, composed of black soldiers and white Tennessean Southern Loyalists fighting for the Union, who had already surrendered. In early June . He denied membership, but his individual role in the KKK was beyond the scope of the investigating committee, which wrote: "Our design is not to connect General Forrest with this order (the reader may form his own conclusion upon this question)". Discover the family tree of William Montgomery Forrest for free, and learn about their family history and their ancestry. The poor deluded negroes would run up to our men fall upon their knees and with uplifted hands scream for mercy but they were ordered to their feet and then shot down. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8578580/william-montgomery-forrest. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. [4] Forrest was born in Oxford, Mississippi, in 1871. Wife of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Modern historians generally believe that Forrest's attack on Fort Pillow was a massacre, noting high casualty rates, and the rebels targeting black soldiers. More than 100,000 men from Tennessee served with the Confederacy and over 31,000 served with the Union. [212] The ROTC building at MTSU had been named Forrest Hall to honor him in 1958, but the frieze depicting General Forrest on horseback that had adorned the side of the building was removed amid protests in 2006. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. 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