Reggie Bartlett
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Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1875):
Nathan Forrest was a Memphis native during the War of Southern Secession and served as a cavalry Brigadier General during the war and as a slave trader before and after the war, he was a self made millionare. His firey nature gave him an infamous reputation in the Army of Kentucky.
His crowing achievement during the war was just after the CS conquest of Kentucky. Where he, alongside John Hunt Morgan launched two seperate raids into Union held territory. Morgan would raid Ohio and Indiana, Forrest would lead the Union on a "wild goose chase" throughout Union-held West Tennessee. His actions during said raid killed hundreds of Union troops from Nashville to Memphis, Forrest is reputed with killing around 20 himself.
After the war he had kept his promise to the slaves who went to war with him and freed them. Those who didn't remained. His wealth mainly intact from the war, aside from some damage and ransacking of his slave business in Memphis. He bounced back by 1870, he started investing in several different railroads in Tennessee and Mississippi. The "Forrest Line" that spans from Tupelo to Memphis is named in it's investor's honor.
In 1875 after a fight with a customer at his slave dealership, he challenged the man to a duel. Forrest killed the man by firing 3 bullets into the opponent's chest, Forrest however was shot in the stomach and the wound became septic, he died in December 1875. Memphis reacted to it's largest businessman's death with grief, his funeral was attended in numbers ranging in the tens of thousands, and included everything from ex-slaves to fellow veterans. Memphis today now has "Forrest Park", the final resting place of Forrest, where his equestrian statue stands and the "Nathan Bedford Forrest Memorial Bridge" that connected the city to West Memphis, Arkansas.
His decendents, namely Nathan Bedford Forrest II, was instrumental in trying to hinder the Socialist rebellion in Mississippi, however unsuccessfully.
Nathan Forrest was a Memphis native during the War of Southern Secession and served as a cavalry Brigadier General during the war and as a slave trader before and after the war, he was a self made millionare. His firey nature gave him an infamous reputation in the Army of Kentucky.
His crowing achievement during the war was just after the CS conquest of Kentucky. Where he, alongside John Hunt Morgan launched two seperate raids into Union held territory. Morgan would raid Ohio and Indiana, Forrest would lead the Union on a "wild goose chase" throughout Union-held West Tennessee. His actions during said raid killed hundreds of Union troops from Nashville to Memphis, Forrest is reputed with killing around 20 himself.
After the war he had kept his promise to the slaves who went to war with him and freed them. Those who didn't remained. His wealth mainly intact from the war, aside from some damage and ransacking of his slave business in Memphis. He bounced back by 1870, he started investing in several different railroads in Tennessee and Mississippi. The "Forrest Line" that spans from Tupelo to Memphis is named in it's investor's honor.
In 1875 after a fight with a customer at his slave dealership, he challenged the man to a duel. Forrest killed the man by firing 3 bullets into the opponent's chest, Forrest however was shot in the stomach and the wound became septic, he died in December 1875. Memphis reacted to it's largest businessman's death with grief, his funeral was attended in numbers ranging in the tens of thousands, and included everything from ex-slaves to fellow veterans. Memphis today now has "Forrest Park", the final resting place of Forrest, where his equestrian statue stands and the "Nathan Bedford Forrest Memorial Bridge" that connected the city to West Memphis, Arkansas.
His decendents, namely Nathan Bedford Forrest II, was instrumental in trying to hinder the Socialist rebellion in Mississippi, however unsuccessfully.