Forrest City is a city in and the county seat of St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. It was named for General Nathan Bedford Forrest, a notable Confederate war hero who later became the first
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A 1938 photo of a woman in Forrest City following flooding in the city
Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Confederate general, noted for his aggressive cavalry tactics and rapid rise from private to general during the American Civil War. After the war, Forrest was inaugurated
Forrest City, Arkansas
…Forrest City is a city in and the county seat of St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. It was named for General Nathan Bedford Forrest, a notable Confederate war hero who later became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Shortly after the end of the Civil War, he had a construction…
Forrest in uniform, c. 1862
The brothers Forrest, left to right: N. B. Forrest, William H. Forrest, Jesse A. Forrest (photographed after the civil war), and Jeffrey E. Forrest; there may be no surviving photographs of Aaron H. Forrest and John N. Forrest
N. B. Forrest, his 15-year-old son W. M. Forrest, and his 25-year-old brother J. E. Forrest all enlisted in the Confederate States Army on the same day; Jeffrey Forrest was killed in action at the Battle of Okolona in 1864 ("Capt. William M. Forrest With a Group of the Members of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's Staff" Memphis Commercial Appeal, February 9, 1908)
Col. Bedford Forrest carte de visite by Bingham & Brothers Gallery of Memphis (Steve and Mike Romano Collection, Military Images)