An uneducated farm-boy who became the Civil War’s most brilliant ... Forrest rose to command Confederate cavalry in three states as major general. But his tactical genius was clouded by his ...

Two years into the Civil War, black soldiers ... outpost north of Memphis, Tennessee. On April 12, 1864, some 1,500 Confederate cavalrymen under Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest attacked ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Three different sites in Middle Tennessee have been awarded grants by the Tennessee Wars Commission as part of an ongoing effort to preserve Civil War sites of ...