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 of glory."

Virginia Frazer Boyle

1904

Erected By His Countrymen In Honor Of The Military Genius Of Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest.Confederate States Army

1861 - 1865

Marker is on Union Avenue (U.S. 51) west of Dunlap Street, on the right when traveling west.

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