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Nathan Bedford Forrest
Civil War Encyclopedia >> People - Confederate Military
| February 13, 1862 February 16, 1862 |
Battle of Ft. Donelson
General Ulysses S. Grant demands the unconditional surrender of the garrison from an old friend, Simon Bolivar Buckner |
Tennessee |
| Fort Henry and Fort Donelson | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Bloodiest Civil War battles | ||
| John Floyd | ||
| John A. McClernand | ||
| Gideon Pillow | ||
| Lew Wallace | ||
| Army of the Tennessee | ||
| Fort Henry and Fort Donelson | ||
| Simon Bolivar Buckner | ||
| February 25, 1862 | "Bull" Nelson enters Nashville, Tennessee, first Confederate state capital to fall into Union hands. Don Carlos Buell accepts the city's surrender. Nathan Bedford Forrest provides a rear guard for Hardee's Army of Central Kentucky as it withdraws to Alabama. | Tennessee |
| Don Carlos Buell | ||
| William Hardee | ||
| Fall of Nashville, February, 1862 | ||
| William 'Bull' Nelson | ||
| John Floyd | ||
| Civil War Firsts | ||
| July 13, 1862 | Battle of Murphreesboro | Tennessee |
| December 11, 1862 | Nathan Bedford Forrest [CS] leaves Columbia, Tennessee in an attempt to disrupt Ulysses S. Grant's line of communication in the advance on Vicksburg | |
| First Vicksburg Campaign | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| December 18, 1862 | Forrest's [CS] cavalry turns back a detachment of Union cavalry near Lexington. | |
| December 31, 1862 | Battle of Parker's Cross Roads
Near Lexington General Nathan Bedford Forrest [CS] tries to break through a federal line after successful raids on Grant's supply lines and communications. As he begins to drive the Union troops back he is attacked from behind, loosing 300 men. |
Tennessee |
| March 4, 1863 March 5, 1863 |
Battle of Spring Hill
Battle of Unionville Confederate Cavalry under Earl Van Dorn and Nathan Bedford Forrest drive Union Cavalry off on the 4th, then surround and engage the remaining infantry. After heavy fighting on the 5th, the Union garrison surrenders. |
Tennessee |
| Earl Van Dorn | ||
| May 3, 1863 | Nathan Bedford Forrest ends Abel Streight's Raid on Rome, Georgia, in heavy skirmishing at Cedar Bluffs, Alabama. | Alabama Georgia |
| Raid on Rome, Georgia | ||
| September 19, 1863 September 20, 1863 |
Battle of Chickamauga
General Braxton Bragg [CS] tries to split General William Rosecrans [US] forces as they try to return to the safety of Chattanooga. A second day breakthrough at the Brotherton Cabin forces the federals into a retreat, halted only by the Rock of Chickamauga, General George Thomas on Snodgrass Hill The bloodiest two days in American history cost the Federals 1,657 dead, 9,756 wounded, and 4,757 missing for a total of 16,170 casualties out of 58,000 troops. The Confederate losses were 2,312 dead, 14,674 wounded and 1,468 for a total of 18,545 out of 66,000 troops. |
Georgia |
| Gordon Granger | ||
| Bloodiest Civil War battles | ||
| William S. Rosecrans | ||
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| George Thomas | ||
| John Bell Hood | ||
| Army of the Cumberland | ||
| Philip Sheridan | ||
| Lafayette McLaws | ||
| Battle of Chickamauga | ||
| James Garfield | ||
| Leonidas Polk | ||
| Daniel Harvey Hill | ||
| James Longstreet | ||
| Chickamauga Campaign | ||
| October 29, 1863 | Jefferson Davis grants Nathan Bedford Forrest's request for an independent command in north Mississippi and west Tennessee. This frees him from Braxton Bragg. | Mississippi Tennessee |
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| January 25, 1864 | Nathan Bedford Forrest [CS] attacks and defeats William Sooy Smith [US] near Meridian | Mississippi |
| February 22, 1864 | Battle of Okolana
Other Names: Ivey's Farm, Ivey Hill Nathan Bedford Forrest [CS] defeats W. Sooy Smith [US], attempting to join Sherman's Meridian Campaign |
Mississippi |
| Meridian Campaign | ||
| March 16, 1864 | Nathan Bedford Forrest begins a raid into West Tennessee and Kentucky | Kentucky Tennessee |
| March 24, 1864 | Nathan Bedford Forrest seizes Union City | Tennessee |
| April 12, 1864 | Battle of Fort Pillow
Nathan Bedford Forrest [CS] defeats [US]. Following the defeat, Forrest's men massacre most of the occupants of the fort. They were black. |
Tennessee |
| June 10, 1864 | Battle of Brice's Crossroads [US]
Battle of Tishomingo Creek [CS] |
Mississippi |
| Brice's Crossroads | ||
| June 15, 1864 | General Sherman, learning of the defeat at Brice's Crossroads, writes Edwin Stanton "But Forrest is the very devil, ...There never will be peace in Tennessee till Forrest is dead." | |
| Brice's Crossroads | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| August 21, 1864 | Forrest liberates Memphis
Almost 2,000 Confederates occupied Memphis for a few hours during the day, nearly capturing Major Generals Stephen Hurlbut and C. C. Washburn. The raid forced troops operating in the area to withdraw to Memphis, giving Forrest free reign to raid William Tecumseh Sherman's supply lines |
Tennessee |
| November 4, 1864 November 5, 1864 |
Battle of Johnsonville
Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry and two captured Union boats move up the Tennessee River to Johnsonville and attacked the Union supply depot there causing major damage |
Tennessee |
| April 2, 1865 | Battle of Selma
Wilson [US] defeats Forrest [CS] |
Alabama |
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