Bedford Village

Settled about 1750, known then as Raystown. Site of an early trade post and Fort Bedford, 1758. Base for Forbes, Bouquet expeditions. In 1794 Washington here reviewed forces in Whiskey Rebellion.

Marker is at the intersection of Business U.S. 220 and ...

Bedford County WWII Memorial

June 6 1944

Erected by the Parker-Hoback Post, 29th Division Association, in memory of the Bedford County men of the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, who gave their lives in the preparation for and the participation in the Normandy Invasion and ...

Nathan Bedford Forrest III, Airman

(obverse)

Brigadier General N.B. Forrest, III, U.S. Army Air Force, was born in Memphis on April 7, 1905 and was the was the first American General Officer killed in combat against the nazis during World War II. He died while participating ...

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan - Bedford - Forrest

MDCCCXXI - MDCCCLXVII

"Those hoof beats die not upon fame's crimson sod,

But will ring through her song and her story;

He fought like a Titan and struck like a god,

And his dust is our ashes ...

Bedford

Hunter’s Raid

On the evening of June 15, 1864, the lead element of Union Gen. David Hunter’s 18,000-man army arrived here and cam near Avenel. The main force arrived the following morning and started destroying the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad tracks, ...

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan - Bedford - Forrest

MDCCCXXI - MDCCCLXVII

"Those hoof beats die not upon fame's crimson sod,

But will ring through her song and her story;

He fought like a Titan and struck like a god,

And his dust is our ashes ...

The Bedford Virginia Artillery

Artillery Reserve - Longstreet's Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Longstreet's Corps Artillery Reserve

Alexander's Battalion Jordon's Battery

The Bedford Virginia Artilery

Four 3 inch Rifles

July 2 Took position here 4:30 p.m. Fired a few rounds at the Peach Orchard. ...