Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877

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Army officer.

From the description of Nathan Bedford Forrest letter, 1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450304

Planter, slave dealer, and Confederate Army officer; resident of Memphis (Shelby Co.), Tenn.

From the description of Papers, 1862-1866. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19562174

Confederate general; led cavalry forces during the battle of Fort Pillow, Tenn.; Confederate troops accused of slaughtering Union soldiers following the capture of Fort Pillow, Tenn., on 12 Apr. 1864.

From the description of Letters, 1866-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972473
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referencedIn National Anti-Slavery Standard, [newspaper] 1864 Apr. 30. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn Gwin, Laurie Powell. John Preston Young Collection, 1862-1930. University of Mississippi
referencedIn Fentress, James, 1837-1903. Talbot-Fentress family papers, 1817-1957. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn Jordan, Thomas, 1819-1895. ALS : Memphis, to G.T. Beauregard, 1866 Oct. 26. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Jackson, Guy Wilber, b. ca. 1851. Civil War reminiscences, 1924 June 16. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn Baber, G. M., fl. 1868. Miscellaneous documents, 1847-1911. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Miller, Ira, 1838-1897. Letters, 1863-1865. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Jordan, Thomas, 1819-1895. ALS, 1866 Dec. 15, Memphis, Tenn., to G.T. Beauregard. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Stones River National Battlefield Community, 1999 Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory
referencedIn Walter, Harvey Washington, 1819-1878. Harvey Washington Walter papers, 1849-1899 [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Confederate officers photograph album, n.d. Alabama Department of Archives and History
referencedIn Monroe F. Cockrell research notes MSS. 0330., 1949-1956 W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
referencedIn Buell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898. Papers, 1813-1961 1843-1898. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Newton, Samuel, 1844-1903. Diary and photograph, 1864-19. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Bullitt-Chenoweth family : papers, 1786-1930. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Schweiss, C. Joseph,. [C. Joseph and Florence Schweiss Collection, 1862-1959]. Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library
referencedIn Clinton H. Haskell Civil War collection 1841-1895 Haskell, Clinton H., Civil War collection William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Farris, William. Autograph letter signed, 1863 Mar. 15. Navarro College
referencedIn Chapin, J. E. Letter, 1864 May 24, Huntsville, Alabama [to] Anna Chapin, Reelsville, Indiana. Indiana Historical Society Library
referencedIn Pasteur, F. Artemus. The Princeton Wasp, 22 July 1865. Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library
referencedIn Hardee family. Papers, [1862-1962]. Alabama Department of Archives and History
referencedIn Hancock, Curtis W., 1845-1864. Letter, 12 June 1864. Indiana Historical Society Library
referencedIn Marschall, Nicola, 1829-1917. Marschall, Nicola, 1829-1917 1849-1917 Scrapbook. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn John H. Towers Papers, 1830-1989, (bulk 1906-1955) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Civil War Miscellany 66-054; 82-352; 87-036; 91-067; 91-179; 92-146; 2009-261., 1855-1894. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Bankhead, Ada Pyne. ALS : Memphis, Tenn., to William K. Bixby, 1915 June 9. Rosenbach Museum & Library
creatorOf Clinton H. Haskell Civil War collection 1841-1895 Haskell, Clinton H., Civil War collection William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Records of the Army Staff. 1903 - 2009. Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Military Personnel, Defense Department and Other Government Officials, Royalty, and Heads of State. 1964-1974. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Fackler, C. W., fl. 1862-1864,. Fackler family letters [manuscript], 1861-1863. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Cuny, R. H. Civil War letter of R.H. Cuny, 1864 Oct. 3. Navarro College
referencedIn Porter, John M., b. 1839. Porter, John M. 1862-1876 Papers. The Filson Historical Society
creatorOf Reid, Edward F., fl. 1850-1888. Papers, 1863-1888 (bulk 1864-1865). Indiana Historical Society Library
referencedIn Cockrell, Monroe F. (Monroe Fulkerson), b. 1884. Monroe F. Cockrell papers, 1941-1963 [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Jonathan Kennon Smith papers, 1649-1988 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Viars family : Papers, 1861-ca. 1913 1861-1865. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Murrell, David Gamble, Mrs. History of Civil War events in Paducah, Kentucky, 1905. Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky Guide Project Office
referencedIn Muir, John, 1838-1914. Correspondence, 1861-1963. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Henderson, William Henry, 1842-1892. Civil War letters of William Henry Henderson, 1862-1931. Navarro College
referencedIn McFall, Brice M. Diary, 1864-1868. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn Inventory of the J. M. Smith Letters Ragan MSS 00136 ., 14 Jan 1862; 9 Sept 1864 Cushing Memorial Library,
referencedIn William L. Clements Library. Jefferson Davis collection, 1861-1865. William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Milton, William Agun, 1844-1928. Milton, William Agun 1844-1928 1909 Memoirs. The Filson Historical Society
creatorOf Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876. Braxton Bragg papers, 1833-1879 [microform]. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
referencedIn Cravens, John Park, 1899-1971. John Park Cravens collection, 1882-1962. Arkansas History Commission, Department of Archives and History
referencedIn Pusard, James. Diary, 17 Aug. 1862-30 Dec. 1862. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Clark, Charles, 1811-1877. Clark (Charles and family) papers, 1810-1892 [microform] University of Mississippi
creatorOf Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877. Papers, 1862-1866. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Kelley, D. C. (David Campbell), 1833-1909. Papers, 1862-1905. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn Reed, Joseph R. (Joseph Rea), 1835-1925. Guntown and Tupilo / by Joseph R. Reed. State Historical Society of Iowa, Library
referencedIn Jackson family. Papers, 1863-1910. Alabama Department of Archives and History
referencedIn Pollard, Charles T. (Charles Teed), 1842-1873. Confederate officers photograph album, undated. Alabama Department of Archives and History
referencedIn Letter, October 23, 1864. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Winans, William M. (William McKendree), 1825-1877. Winans family correspondence, 1848-1894. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Biography -- Forrest, Nathan Bedford. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library
referencedIn Andrews, Garnett, 1837-1903. Garnett Andrews papers, 1816-1928 [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877. Nathan Bedford Forrest letter, 1867. Library of Congress
creatorOf Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877. Letters, 1866-1868. Navarro College
referencedIn Pirtle, William George 1907 Memoirs. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Robert Philip Howell memoirs, 1854-1872. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Ibbetson, William H. H., 1840-1883. Diary, October 8, 1862-August 8, 1864. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Campbell, Given. Given Campbell papers, 1861-1865. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Brown-Ewell family papers, 1781-1984. The Filson Historical Society
creatorOf Norton-Towers Families. Papers, 1861-1900. Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library
referencedIn Bullitt, Thomas W. (Thomas Walker), 1838-1910. Diary, 1862-1864. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Cartmell, Robert H., 1828-1915. Robert H. Cartmell papers, 1849-1915. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn Nutt, Leroy Moncure, 1828-1882. Leroy Moncure Nutt papers, 1835-1927 (bulk 1866-1867) [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Calvert, J. W. Letter, 1863 Feb. 20. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891. Letters, 1864-1886. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn McNeel Marble Company. Drawing of proposed monument to Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, [undated]. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn Eldridge, Samuel A. Letter. ALS. 28 July 1862. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Ernest Haywood Collection of Haywood Family Papers, 1752-1967 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Eames, William Mark, 1827-1884. William Mark Eames papers, 1862-1864. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn Smith, Thomas E. Smith, Thomas E. 1863-1865 Letters. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Watterson, Henry, 1840-1921. Henry Watterson : papers, 1863-1946. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Campbell family. Papers, 1797-1969. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Jordan, Thomas J., 1821-1895. Civil War Letters, 1861-1866. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Photographs of Confederate generals and Civil War political leaders, 1861-1865.
referencedIn Looking back at Tennessee : a photograph collection, 1890-1981. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn Newhall, Henry M. Letters, 1862-1865. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Leonidas Polk family papers, 1825-1939 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Darrah, Wallace W., d. 1864. Letters, 1861-1863. Navarro College
referencedIn Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part II: The Civil War and the Confederacy, 1832-1915. Houghton Library
referencedIn Jefferson Davis collection 1861-1865 Davis, Jefferson collection William L. Clements Library
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Tennessee
Tennessee
Confederate States of America
United States
Subject
Fort Pillow, Battle of, Tenn., 1864
Generals
Reconstruction
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Occupation
Army officers
Generals
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Person

Birth 1821-07-13

Death 1877-10-29

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