Unlike more patrician and better known Confederate figures like Robert E. Lee, Forrest was, as Towne O’Neill puts it, a “hard-bitten striver” – born into poverty in 1821 in Bedford County ...

Nathan Bedford Forrest’s name was everywhere. It was attached to a nearby state park, a handful of statues, and even the ROTC building on my college campus.

Join us as Steve Phillips and Robert McDaniel take their metal detectors to the former home of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. From musket balls to 1800s coins, the relics they ...

Over the years, there have been other calls to remove this second-floor capitol hill bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest. “We are angry,” said TSU student protestor Jeneisha Harris.

The Forrest bust was unveiled in 1978 and has sparked multiple protests demanding its removal over the years. Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Confederate general and early leader of the Ku Klux Klan ...

Updated: Jan 14, 2021 / 11:01 PM CST FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WKRN) — On December 20, 2017, a more than 100-year-old statue of General Nathan Bedford Forrest was taken down from a public park in Memphis.

Agowhat. That was what was sprayed across the sides of the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue, supposedly referring to Leo Agowhat, a nonpartisan mayoral candidate. However, he is pretty off the grid.

The Elm Springs mansion is a two-story, brick house completed in 1837 and constructed by master builder Nathan Vaught for wealthy cotton merchants. The home was inherited by Susan Todd, the wife ...

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander on Tuesday became the latest Tennessee lawmaker to express support for removing the controversial bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest in the state Capitol.

The Forrest bust was unveiled in 1978 and has sparked multiple protests demanding its removal over the years. Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Confederate general and early leader of the Ku Klux Klan ...

Man drives across state to fix grass next to Nathan Bedford Forrest’s statue and grave by: Jessica Gertler Posted: Jul 23, 2015 / 06:47 PM CDT Updated: Jul 23, 2015 / 06:47 PM CDT ...