age ~86
from Cleveland, TN
…urtledove's 1992 alternate history/science fiction novel The Guns of the South, Forrest runs for president of the Confederacy in 1867. Turtledove's subsequent Timeline-191 series features Forrest's fictional grandson, Nathan Bedford Forrest III, leading the Confederate armed forces during Wo...
…herman. Grant had thus pre-empted his rival McClernand's move. Confederate cavalry raiders Bedford Forrest and Earl Van Dorn stalled Grant's advance by breaking communications, while the Confederate army led by John C. Pemberton concentrated and repulsed Sherman's direct approach at Chickasa...
Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 October 29, 1877) was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. ...