Supporters of Nathan Bedford Forrest gathered Saturday in Health Sciences Park to celebrate the confederate leader's birthday.

— During a press conference on Wednesday, Gov. Bill Lee said he recommended the State Capitol Commission move a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from the State Capitol to the Tennessee State Museum.

After many of their African American opponents had tried to surrender, Forrest’s men nevertheless executed approximately 70 percent of them. Pictured here shortly after the Civil War in civilian ...