GEN. NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST
Roy V Gaston 2018-09-26T17:27:22+00:00Nathan Bedford Forrest grew up poor, in rural Tennessee, with very little formal education. In his early teens, he went into business with his uncle Jonathon Forrest, and when Jonathon was killed in a street fight, Forrest killed the assailants with a a pistol and Bowie knife. He amassed a