Nathan Bedford Forrest
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Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Confederate Army general during the American Civil War and was later the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan from 1867 to 1869.
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Nathan Bedford Forrest Boyhood Home, Chapel Hill, Tennessee (2021)
"N. B. Forrest – Before the War" from Andrew Nelson Lytle's Bedford Forrest and His Critter Company (1931)
N. B. Forrest, his 15-year-old son W. M. Forrest, and his 25-year-old brother Jeffrey E. Forrest all enlisted in the Confederate States Army on the same day ("Capt. William M. Forrest With a Group of the Members of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's Staff" Memphis Commercial Appeal, February 9, 1908)
General officers in the Confederate States Army
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The general officers of the Confederate States Army (CSA) were the senior military leaders of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War of 1861–1865. They were often former officers from the United States Army before the Civil War, while others were given the rank based on merit or when necessity demanded. Most Confederate generals needed confirmation from the Confederate States Congress, much like prospective generals in the modern U.S. armed forces.
Robert E. Lee, the best known CSA general. Lee is shown with the insignia of a Confederate colonel, which he chose to wear throughout the war.
P. G. T. Beauregard, the Confederacy's first brigadier general, later the fifth-ranking general
Maj. Gen. Benjamin Huger, CSA
Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, CSA