Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) was a cavalry general in the Confederate Army who defeated U.S. Army forces, including a raiding party lead by Col. Abel Streight in northern Alabama in April 1863.
Nathan Bedford Forrest
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Courtesy of Alabama Department of Archives and History
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