Nathan Bedford Forrest
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
Nathan Bedford Forrest, called Bedford Forrest in his lifetime, was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He is remembered as a self-educated, brutal, and innovative cavalry leader during the war and as a leading Southern advocate in the postwar years. He was a pledged delegate from Tennessee to the New York Democratic national convention of 4 July 1868. He served as the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, but later distanced himself...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 July 1821
CountryUnited States of America
If one road led to hell and the other to Mexico, I would be indifferent which to take.
I went into the army worth a million and a half dollars, and came out a beggar.
Nobody kills me and lives to tell about it.