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The Confederacy’s Greatest Cavalryman: Nathan Bedford Forrest
Nathan Bedford Forrest is a complicated and important figure in our nation’s history who deserves objective treatment, just like any other figure from history
I, and just about every historian that I know, sees the uncritical celebration of Nathan Bedford Forrest as a problem ... He was a slave trader. During the Civil War, he was the commanding officer during the Fort Pillow Massacre, when Confederate soldiers slaughtered surrendering black Union troops in cold blood.More quotes »
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This Week in Civil War History: April 24 – 30, 1863
In late April 1863, the Federal forces set their sights on destroying the main line of supply for Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s army – the Western & Atlantic Railroad. Colonel Abel Streight developed a raiding plan, whereby his troopers, mounted on from SWVA Today Read more »
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Suggestions for Memphis parks names vary from hopeful to hateful
A statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest stands in the middle of the park formerly named for him on Union between Manassas and Dunlap. (Dave Darnell/The Commercial Appeal)$RETURN$$RETURN$ Some were hopeful. Some were functional. Some were jokes. But hokey, wei from Memphis Commercial Appeal Read more »
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April 21, 1863: Streight’s Mule Raid Begins
In reviewing the history of this ill-fated expedition, I am convinced that had we been furnished at Nashville with 800 good horses, instead of poor, young mules, we would have been successful, in spite of all other drawbacks; or if General Dodge had succ from The American Catholic Read more »
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Bristlin’ Dixie
She said, “Tell me, are you a Christian, child?” And I said, “Ma’am, I am tonight!” Walking in Memphis . . . . I was walking with my feet ten feetoff of Beale … -“Walking in Memphis,” Marc Cohn IN THE SOUTH, when the neighbors are fightin’, most of us ar from Arkansas Online Read more »
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Confederate Group Shuns Memphis, Moves Convention to Civil War Hotbed Richardson
Gone are Jefferson Davis Park, named for the CSA's first president; Nathan Bedford Forrest Park, honoring a Confederate lieutenant general and the Klan's first grand wizard; and the straightforward Confederate Park. Temporarily at least, they'll be Memph from Dallas Observer Read more »
