[158] Author Andrew Ward, however, writes, "In the spring of 1867, Forrest and his dragoons launched a campaign of midnight parades; 'ghost' masquerades; and 'whipping' and even 'killing Negro voters and white Republicans, to scare blacks off voting and running for office'". His men were devoted to him, admiring his stature, commanding air, courtesy, even his ferociousness. Oops, something didn't work. [169], During the presidential election of 1868, the Ku Klux Klan under the leadership of Forrest, along with other terrorist groups, used brutal violence and intimidation against blacks and Republican voters. [132], Forrest reportedly died from acute complications of diabetes at the Memphis home of his brother Jesse on October 29, 1877. Gen. James H. Wilson, defeated Forrest at the Battle of Selma on April 2, 1865. Services were held at Court Avenue Presbyterian Church in Memphis, and an oration was given by Jefferson Davis. All Previous Reports Fully Confirmed. [57] Again, Bragg ordered a series of raids to disrupt the communications of the Union forces under Grant, which were threatening the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. [140] The organization had grown to the point that an experienced commander was needed, and Forrest was well-suited to assume the role. Ordered to Pollard, the regiment remained in that vicinity for nearly a year. He developed his natural ability as a leader and held many civic posts throughout his young life. You have been good Soldiers; you can be good citizens. [12][13] Forrest was the first son of Mariam (Beck) and William Forrest. Montgomery Shelby S9866 White's Co. He worked as a law enforcement officer, magistrate, and was elected alderman for the City of Memphis. Others, dropping their guns in terror, ran back toward the Confederates with their hands up, and of these some were spared as prisoners, while others were shot down in the act of surrender. [174] The committee also noted, "The natural tendency of all such organizations is to violence and crime; hence it was that General Forrest and other men of influence in the state, by the exercise of their moral power, induced them to disband". He is remembered as a self-educated, brutal, and innovative cavalry leader during the war and as a leading Southern advocate in the postwar years. Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest surrendered his command at Gainesville, Alabama, on May 9, 1865, under the agreement between CSA General Richard Taylor and USA General E. S. Canby. Born dirt-poor in the small town of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, on July 13, 1821, Nathan Bedford Forrest grew up with no education except the backwoods skills of hunting, tracking and survival. Paramount in his strategy was fast movement, even if it meant pushing his horses at a killing pace, to constantly harass the enemy during raids by disrupting their supply trains and communications with the destruction of railroad tracks and the cutting of telegraph lines, as he wheeled around his opponent's flank. By 1861, he had become one of the wealthiest men in the South. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. . It means we have grit. 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. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Bio notes: Confederate General like his father. ). [241], In 2000, a monument to Forrest was unveiled in Selma, Alabama. Forrest had to recruit a new brigade, composed of about 2,000 inexperienced recruits, most of whom lacked weapons. His younger sister, Francis Fannie Ann was born in 1849 but passed away at age 6 in 1854. . Hernando, DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA. Try again later. [4] Forrest was born in Oxford, Mississippi, in 1871. In fact, it was only disbanded when its work was essentially done blacks and Republicans had been terrified into not voting and when it came under intense criticism. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. Bill Lee Signs Nathan Bedford Forrest Day Proclamation, Is Not Considering Law Change", "Tennessee Governor Slammed Online for Signing Confederate General Proclamation", "Tennessee Gov. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. Others have tried to get a bust of Forrest removed from the Tennessee House of Representatives chamber. Forrest moved to Memphis in 1849, where he became active in city affairs. [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]. Capt. Bragg failed to do so, upon which Forrest was quoted as saying, "What does he fight battles for? For Selma, of all places, to have a big monument to a Klansman is totally unacceptable". [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". His descendants were present when his remains were placed in the park in November 1904, and again generations later when the. 5.] Davis transferred Forrest to an independent command in Mississippi. He seemed to be a natural military genius with an intuitive grasp not only of tactics, but also of logistics. In July 2021, Tennessee officials voted to move Forrest's bust from the State Capitol to the Tennessee State Museum. After his bloody defeat at Franklin, Hood continued on to Nashville. Make sure that the file is a photo. Learn more about merges. [80] By 3:30 pm, Forrest had concluded that the Union troops could not hold the fort, thus he ordered a flag of truce raised and demanded that the fort be surrendered. Forrest had fewer men than the Union side but feigned having a larger force by parading some repeatedly around a hilltop until Streight was convinced to surrender his 1,500 or so exhausted troops (historians Kevin Dougherty and Keith S. Hebert say he had about 1,700 men). He had become interested in the area around Crowley's Ridge during the war, and took up civilian life in 1865 in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1905, he and his wife were reinterred in Forrest Park in downtown Memphis. Ironically, the Klan Kampus of Lanier later became a synagogue! Family Tree . Under these laws enforced by Grant and the newly formed Department of Justice, there were over 5,000 indictments and 1,000 convictions of Klan members across the South. [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. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. "[126] A memorial to him, the first Civil War memorial in Memphis, was erected in 1905 in a new Nathan Bedford Forrest Park. 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". [43] In October 1861, Forrest was given command of a regiment, the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry. Gen. Benjamin Grierson's cavalry division. Year should not be greater than current year. Conflicting accounts of what actually occurred were given later.[87][88][89]. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. 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. I hope I am a better man now than then. [166] Forrest rode to the convention on a train that stopped in a small Northern town along the way, where he faced a protester who wanted to fight the "damned butcher" of Fort Pillow. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? [34][35] He also contracted the disease, but survived; his father recovered but died from residual effects of the disease five years later, when Bedford was 16. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. William Montgomery Forrest was born on month day 1846, at birth place, Mississippi, to Nathan Bedford Forrest and Mary Ann Forrest (born Montgomery). 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. Forrest recruited and equipped his command, sometimes at his own expense. His younger sister, Francis "Fannie" Ann was born in 1849 but passed away at age 6 in 1854.After the age of 8, Bill grew up as an only child. Tippah County, Mississippi native Jeffery Edward Forrest was a younger and purportedly favorite brother of Nathan Bedford Forrest. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. William Forrest; He passed awayon 7 FEB 1908in Memphis, Shelby, TN. In December 1861, in his first major combat experience at Sacramento, Kentucky, Forrest demonstrated the traits of common sense tactics and close-hand fighting that would characterize his military career. [239][238] The Mississippi NAACP petitioned Governor Haley Barbour to denounce the plates and prevent their distribution. [81] Bradford refused to surrender, believing his troops could escape to the Union gunboat, USS New Era, on the Mississippi River. Geni requires JavaScript! This broke with its historic loyalty to the Plessy v. [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. He had exhausted his fortune during the war, and with the abolition of slavery he lost one of his most valuable avenues for making money. [208][209][210] In 2005, Shelby County Commissioner Walter Bailey started an effort to move the statue over Forrest's grave and rename Forrest Park. He used his cavalry troops as mounted infantry and often deployed artillery as the lead in battle, thus helping to "revolutionize cavalry tactics",[3] although the Confederate high command is seen by some commentators to have underappreciated his talents. [120] A portion of his command, now dismounted, was surprised and captured in their camp at Verona, Mississippi on December 25, 1864, during a raid of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad by a brigade of Brig. [4] While scholars generally acknowledge Forrest's skills and acumen as a cavalry leader and military strategist, he has remained a controversial figure in Southern racial history for his main role in the massacre of several hundred Union soldiers at Fort Pillow, a majority of them black, coupled with his role following the war as a leader of the Klan. 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. 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". WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. 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. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. [110] Sturgis ordered his infantry to advance to the front line to counteract the cavalry. based on information from your browser. The height of the pedestal is 7 feet, and the terrace 2 feet 6 inches. He wrote on April 4, There is a Federal force of 500 or 600 at Fort Pillow, which I shall attend to in a day or two, as they have horses and supplies which we need.. While most Forrest biographies discuss his military career in great detail, what they do not provide is the General's own perspective of the conflict. Many of the blacks were former slaves and understood the personal consequences of a loss to the Confederates at best an immediate return to slavery. WILLIAM MONTGOMERY FORREST married Jane Taylor Cook Forrest and had 3 children. After serving as the president of the Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad, he settled on managing a plantation manned by convict labour. I thought you might like to see a memorial for CAPT William Montgomery Forrest I found on Findagrave.com. . Forrest became well known for his early use of maneuver tactics as applied to a mobile horse cavalry deployment. He commanded a Confederate rear guard after the Union victory. 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. 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You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. The Confederate army dispatched him with a small force into the backcountry of northern Alabama and western Georgia to defend against an attack of 3,000 Union cavalrymen commanded by Colonel Abel Streight. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. [77][78][79], Fort Pillow, located 40 miles (64km) upriver from Memphis (near Henning, Tennessee), was originally constructed by Confederate general Gideon Johnson Pillow on the bluffs of the Mississippi River, and taken over by Union forces in 1862 after the Confederates had abandoned the fort. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. He was wounded three times, at Fort Donelson, at Harrisburg and at Spring Hill, Tenn. This monument stands as testament of our perpetual devotion and respect for Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest. The white men fared but little better. His raids were uniformly bold and skillful, and are his chief right to fame in the history of the cavalry. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. On this date in 1955, Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company was ruled. William served in the Cavalry Division under his father Nathan Bedford Forrest. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. His other memorial can be seen here: Jeffrey Edward Forrest Civil War Confederate Officer. They had two children, William Montgomery Bedford Forrest (1846-1908), who enlisted at the age of 15 and served alongside his father in the war, and a daughter, Fanny (1849-1854), who died in childhood. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. In 1845, Forrest married Mary Ann Montgomery (1826-1893), the niece of a Presbyterian minister who was her legal guardian. Forrest probably organized a statewide Klan network in Georgia during these visits. As a result, Grant was forced to revise and delay the strategy of his Vicksburg campaign. Gen. James Chalmers, attacked and recaptured Fort Pillow. On September 25, 1845, Nathan Bedford Forrest married Mary Ann Montgomery. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Maximum Loan Limits for Mortgages Acquired in Calendar Year 2021 and. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Spiritually, Mary Ann Forrest had a great influence on her husband. In what would be known as the Third Battle of Murfreesboro, a portion of Forrest's command broke and ran. Bill joined. Wife of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. [206] After several public forums and discussions, Westside High School was unanimously approved in January 2014 as the school's new name. He was in turn a horse and cattle trader in Mississippi, and a slave dealer and horse trader in Memphis, until 1859, when he began planting cotton in northwestern Mississippi. 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. Forrest is often erroneously quoted as saying his strategy was to "git thar fustest with the mostest". He taught himself to write and speak clearly and learned mathematics, but he never learned to spell (as witnessed by the uncouth phraseology and spelling of his war dispatches). Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? It was evident that he felt this, as his constantly-repeated defenses of himself show. 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]. 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. 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. [85][86] The atrocities at Fort Pillow continued throughout the night. A funeral procession formed at the church by thousands of marchers, who then proceeded to accompany the body to Elmwood Cemetery where he was buried. Instead, he noted that the state legislature would not be likely to approve the plate anyway. William was 15 years old. [30][44], Public debate surrounded Tennessee's decision to join the Confederacy and both the Confederate and Union armies recruited soldiers from the state. 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. In the hasty retreat, they stripped off commemorative badges that read "Remember Fort Pillow" to avoid goading the Confederate force pursuing them.[111]. Chapel Hill. From the 1850 federal census, William M. Forrest lived with his father, mother, and sister at DeSoto County, Mississippi. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. He is particularly interested in the experiences of children in 1765-75. Bill joined. I heard him make a speech in one of our Dens". According to Richard L. Fuchs, "records concerning the fate of the black prisoners are either nonexistent or unreliable". The Montgomerys buggy had broken down while crossing a stream, and some local young men were on the river bank laughing and teasing Mary Ann and her mother. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? If so, login to add it. This browser does not support getting your location. [80] Forrest had reached the fort at 10:00 am after a hard ride from Mississippi,[80] and his horse was soon shot out from under him, causing him to fall to the ground. 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. . Avoiding attack by never staying in one place long, eventually Forrest led his troops during the spring and summer of 1864 on raids into west Tennessee, as far north as the banks of the Ohio River in southwest Kentucky and into north Mississippi. Nathan Bedford Forrest, called Bedford Forrest in his lifetime, was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. This unit, which varied in size from 40 to 90 men, constituted the elite of his cavalry. [169] The party advocated termination of the Freedman's Bureau and any government policy designed to aid blacks in the South. Their marriage of thirty-two years produced one son and a daughter who died in infancy. Streight's goal changed from dismantling the railroad to escaping the pursuit. The Confederate . Booth. [224] Though it was a novel and succinct condensation of the military principles of mass and maneuver, Bruce Catton writes of the spurious quote: Do not, under any circumstances whatever, quote Forrest as saying 'fustest' and 'mostest'. Many in the north, including President Grant, backed the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, that gave voting rights to Americans regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". Just one grandparent can lead you to many Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? General Forrest would be remembered only as a daring and successful guerrilla cavalry leader, were it not for the one great and indelible stain upon his name. Resentful of Braggs ineptitude and poor treatment of him during the Chickamauga Campaign, the fiery cavalryman bitterly denounced his superior officer. [168] The Democratic Party platform denounced the Reconstruction Acts as unconstitutional, void, and revolutionary. Depending on where you live, you may find an abundance of fitness and recreational opportunities. Report of the Sub-committee", "Abraham Lincoln to Cabinet, Tuesday, May 03, 1864 (Fort Pillow massacre)", "Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and the KKK", "General Nathan Bedford Forrest Versus the Ku Klux Klan", "Memphis daily appeal. [255] After the Forrests' remains were removed from Memphis, they were reportedly buried in Munford, Tennessee[256] until their reburial in Columbia in September 2021 by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Charges of a Fort Pillow Massacre became grist for Northern propaganda mills during the war, and plagued Forrest for the remainder of his life. [69] Forrest was thought to have been fatally wounded by Gould but he recovered and was ready to fight in the Chickamauga Campaign. WILLIAM MONTGOMERY FORRESTfamily tree Parents Nathan Bradford, Gen. Forrest 1821- 1877 Mary Ann Montgomery Forrest 1826- 1893 Spouse(s) Jane Taylor Cook Forrest 1847- 1882 Children Mary E Forrest 1869- 1965 Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? He graduated from Air Corps Technical School in April 1931 and was assigned to the 78th Pursuit Squadron, Panama . The list included the names of 7 officers and 219 white enlisted soldiers. We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each person's profile. The crowd of mourners was estimated to include 20,000 people. [55], Promoted on July 21, 1862, to brigadier general, Forrest was given command of a Confederate cavalry brigade. In April 1862, Forrest fought with distinction at the Battle of Shiloh where he was severely wounded during the Confederate retreat. They had two children together: William Montgomery Bedford Forrest (1846-1908), who enlisted at the age of 15 and served alongside his father in the war, and a . Image: Nathan and Mary Ann Hernando, Mississippi, August 1845 John Paul Strain, Artist. [127][128], During the Virginius Affair of 1873, some of Forrest's old Southern friends were filibusters aboard the vessel; consequently, he wrote a letter to the then General-in-Chief of the United States Army William T. Sherman and offered his services in case a war were to break out between the United States and Spain. Son of Lt Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, (CSA) and Mary Ann Forrest [46] Forrest's command included his Escort Company (his "Special Forces"), for which he selected the best soldiers available. When Captain William Montgomery Forrest was born on 28 September 1846, in Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, United States, his father, General Nathan Bedford Forrest, was 25 and his mother, Mary Ann Montgomery, was 19. After success in achieving the objectives specified by Hood, Forrest engaged Union forces near Murfreesboro on December 5, 1864. Marriage Although there are a number of differing accounts of the events that took place in the summer of 1845, Forrest did meet his future wife in a notable and romantic way. [16] William Forrest worked as a blacksmith in Tennessee until 1834, when he moved with his family to Salem, Mississippi. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. William Hugh Montgomery 1792 - 1829 . A bust sculpted by Jane Baxendale is on display at the Tennessee State Capitol building in Nashville. The effort was spearheaded by Take 'Em Down 901, an organization dedicated to removing Confederate iconography, which was founded by activist Tami Sawyer. [14] He and his twin sister, Fanny, were the two eldest of 12 children. This is a carousel with slides. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). His uncle was killed there in 1845 during an argument with the Matlock brothers. Object Number - UPL 35401 - Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest III (Arlington National Cemetery) Killed In Action (KIAn)in the loss of B-17 #42-30164 on the Kiel mission 13 June 1943. 3rd (Forrests) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment We have set your language to His declaration had little effect, and few Klansmen destroyed their robes and hoods.[165]. [53], A month later, Forrest was back in action at the Battle of Shiloh, fought April 67, 1862. For the third time in his military career, Forrest created a new command of recruits and conscripts around a nucleus of battle-tested veterans. [129], On July 5, 1875, Forrest gave a speech before the Independent Order of Pole-Bearers Association, a post-war organization of black Southerners advocating to improve the economic condition of black people and to gain equal rights for all citizens. In the ensuing raids he was pursued by thousands of Union soldiers trying to locate his fast-moving forces. 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. In planning this action, he took into account the weather, the terrain, the condition of his own and of the enemys troops, deployment, time, and distance in a deft blending of strategy, tactics, and logistics. In August 2000, a road on Fort Bliss named for Forrest decades earlier was renamed for former post commander Richard T. On November 4, 1864, during the Battle of Johnsonville, the Confederates shelled the city, sinking three gunboats and nearly thirty other ships and destroying many tons of supplies. Forrest rode up on his horse, and immediately waded across the stream and carried Mary Ann her mother to safety. [80] The fort was manned by 557 Union troops, 295 white and 262 black, under Union commander Maj. L.F. We have set your language to The Tennessee Historical Commission denied removal on October 21, 2016, under the authority granted it by the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2013, which prevents cities and counties from relocating, removing, renaming, or otherwise disturbing without permission war memorials on public property. [143] James R. Crowe stated, "After the order grew to large numbers we found it necessary to have someone of large experience to command. 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