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07/13/2025

07/13/2025

The 204th anniversary of the birth of Nathan Beford Forrest, July 13, 1821. A post-war account from - First With The Most --

Besides managing a plantation along the big river, where farmhouses were five or six miles apart, the General "made a full hand" in the long-neglected work of repairing fences, houses and barns. In August a troop of Federal cavalry was riding by Forrest's place, as much out of curiosity to see him as for any more definite reason. The war horse King Philip was grazing in the front lot. As the blue-clad cavalry filed into the lot on the way up to the house, King Philip's training in many a melee reasserted itself, and he rushed at the bluecoats, teeth bared and front feet flailing. When some of the soldiers, astonished at his onslaught, struck at him, Forrest's wartime body servant Jerry whom the other Negroes in the Forrest command had referred to, and obeyed, as "the Gin'ral" rushed out to defend the horse. After Forrest himself had come out and the horse was back in his stable and things had quieted down, the Federal captain observed, "General, now I can account for your success. Your negroes fight for you, and your horses fight for you."

07/13/2025

General Nathan Bedford Forrest
Salute! 🫡

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