NATHAN See also:

• BEDFORD

BEDFORD See also:

• FORREST, EDWIN (1806-1872)
• NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST (1821—187.7)
• FORREST, SIR JOHN (1847- )

FORREST (1821—187.7)  , Confederate See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in the See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• CHAPEL

Chapel See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill, See also:

• TENNESSEE

Tennessee, of the 13th of See also:

• JULY

July 1821 . Before his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• DEATH

death in 1837 the See also:

• FAMILY

family had removed to See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi, and for some years thereafter it was supported principally by Nathan, who was the eldest son . Thus he never received any formal See also:

• EDUCATION

education (as witnessed by the uncouth phraseology and spelling of his war despatches), but he managed to See also:

• TEACH [THATCH OR THACH], EDWARD (d. 1718)

teach himself with very See also:

• FAIR

fair success, and is said to have possessed considerable ability as a mathematician . He was in turn a See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse and See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle trader in Mississippi, and a slave dealer and horse trader in See also:

• MEMPHIS

Memphis, until 1859, when he took to See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton planting in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-western Mississippi, where he acquired considerable See also:

• WEALTH

wealth . At the outbreak of the Civil War in 18151 he volunteered as a private, raised a cavalry See also:

• BATTALION

battalion, of which he was lieut.-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel, and in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1862 took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of Fort See also:

• DONELSON, FORT

Donelson, and refusing, like Generals See also:

• FLOYD, JOHN (1572–1649)
• FLOYD, JOHN BUCHANAN (1807–1863)

Floyd and See also:

• PILLOW (O. Eng. pylu; Lat. pulvinus, a cushion)

Pillow, to capitulate with the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the Confederate forces, made his way out, before the surrender, with all the mounted troops there . He was promptly made a colonel and regimental See also:

• COMMANDER

commander, and fought at See also:

• SHILOH
• SHILOH, BATTLE OF

Shiloh with distinction, receiving a severe See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound . Shortly after this he was promoted brigadier-general (July 1862) . At the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a mounted See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade he took a brilliant part in General See also:

• BRAGG, BRAXTON (1817—1876)

Bragg's autumn See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, and in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter of 1862-1863 he was continually active in raiding the hostile lines of communication . These raids have been the theme of innumerable discussions, and on the whole their value seems to have been overrated . At the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, and apart from the question of their utility, See also:

• FORREST, EDWIN (1806-1872)
• FORREST, NATHAN BEDFORD (1821—187.7)
• FORREST, SIR JOHN (1847- )

Forrest's raids were uniformly bold and skilful, and are his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title to fame in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the cavalry See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm . Indeed, next to See also:

• STUART, ARABELLA (1575-1615)
• STUART, GILBERT (1755-x828)
• STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN (1833-1864)
• STUART, JOHN
• STUART, MOSES (1780-1852)
• STUART, SIR JOHN, COUNT

Stuart and See also:

• SHERIDAN
• SHERIDAN, PHILIP HENRY (1831-1888)

Sheridan, he was the finest cavalry See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the whole war . One of the most remarkable of his actions was his See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture, near See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia, after five days of marching and fighting, of an entire cavalry brigade under Colonel A .

D . Streight (See also:

• APRIL

April 1863) . He was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Chickamauga in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September, after which (largely on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism of General Bragg, the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army commander) he was transferred to the Mississippi . Forrest was made a See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1863 . In the winter of 1863—1864 he was as active as ever, and in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1864 he raided as far north as See also:

• PADUCAH

Paducah, Ky . On the 12th of April 1864 he assaulted and captured Fort Pillow, in Tennessee on the Mississippi; U.S. See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro troops formed a large part of the See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison and according to survivors many were massacred after the fort had surrendered . The " See also:

• MASSACRE

Massacre of Fort Pillow " has been the X . 22subject of 'much controversy and there is much conflicting testimony regarding it, but it seems probable that Forrest himself had no part in it . On the loth of See also:

• JUNE

June Forrest decisively defeated a See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior Federal force at Brice's See also:

• CROSS

Cross Roads, See also:

• MISS

Miss., and throughout the See also:

• YEAR

year, though the greatest efforts were made by the Federals to crush him, he raided in Mississippi, Tennessee and See also:

• ALABAMA

Alabama with almost unvarying success . He was once more with the, See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main Confederate army of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West in the last disastrous campaign of See also:

• NASHVILLE

Nashville, and fought stubborn rearguard actions. to See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat of the broken Confederates . In February 18.65 he was made a lieut.-general, but the struggle was almost at an end and General See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James H . See also:

• WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
• WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
• WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
• WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
• WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
• WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
• WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
• WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
• WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
• WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
• WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
• WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
• WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
• WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
• WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )

Wilson, one of the ablest of the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union cavalry generals, rapidly forced back the few Confederates, now under Forrest's command, and stormed See also:

• SELMA

Selma, Alabama, on the 2nd of April .

The surrender of General Forrest and his whole command, under the agreement between General See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• TAYLOR
• TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
• TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
• TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
• TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
• TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
• TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
• TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
• TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
• TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
• TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
• TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
• TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
• TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
• TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)

Taylor and General E . S . Canby, followed on the 9th of May, After the war he lived in Memphis . He sold his cotton See also:

• PLANTATION (Lat. plantare, to plant)

plantation in 1867, and for some years was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Selma, See also:

• MARION
• MARION, FRANCIS (1732-1795)
• MARION, HENRI FRANCOIS (1846-1896)

Marion and Memphis Railroad . He died at Memphis, Tennessee, on the 29th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1877 . The military See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of General Forrest, apart from questions of his technical skill, horsemastership and detail See also:

• SPECIAL

special to his arm of the service, was admittedly that of a See also:

• GREAT

great leader . . He never commanded a large force of all arms . He was uneducated, and had neither experience of nor training for the strategical handling of great armies . Yet his See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality and his natural soldierly gifts were such that General See also:

• SHERMAN
• SHERMAN, JOHN (x823-1900)
• SHERMAN, ROGER (1721–1793)

Sherman considered him " the most remarkable See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man the Civil War produced on either See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side." See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• JOHNSTON, ALBERT SIDNEY (1803–1862)
• JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER (1849-1888)
• JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH (1804-1871)
• JOHNSTON, ARTHUR (1587-1641)
• JOHNSTON, J
• JOHNSTON, JOSEPH EGGLESTON (1807-1891)
• JOHNSTON, SIR HENRY HAMILTON (1858- )

Johnston, the Confederate general whose greatness See also:

• LAY

lay above all in See also:

• CALM

calm and See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment, said that Forrest; had he had the See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage of a thorough military training, "would have been the great central figure of the war." See the See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

biographies by J . A . Wyeth (1899) and J . H .

Mathes (19o4 .