Thank You Mr. Atkinson; this news makes my heart GLAD ! What an EXTRAORDINARY MAN N.B. Forrest was. His Civil War exploits would make General Patton 'step back in awe.' Gutsiest general America EVER produced. A fitting & lovely resting place for N.B. Forrest & his wife......
My favorite park ranger!!! My 3rd great grandfather was mustered into Confederate service in 1862 with the 13th TN Cav from Nolensville to Smyrna and then joined Forrest in Murfreesboro.
Interesting post, thanks. With two great grandfathers buried in their Confederate uniforms, I was raised on Southern lore. It saddens me how the story is being erased.
My grandfather served under Nathan Bedford Forrest. I have paperwork where he applied for disability from being wounded during the war with the state of Tennessee but funds were scarce after the war and he was denied benefits.
Matt you are great; great at Gettysburg and apparently great on the road as well. You teach history really, but you also bring it to life and put it in context. Thank you Sir. I fully understand the movement to remove Confederate monuments from in front of Court Houses, State and local government buildings, and other public places. However it is reprehensible to deface or destroy these monuments. It is good to see this bronze Statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest has been preserved and is displayed again. This monument is art, as well as an artifact of history. It is unsavory history to some maybe, but it is still history and should never be destroyed. Forrest was a good example of the Southern mindset before, during and after the Civil War. Before the War he was a very successful planter, a slave owner and a slave dealer. During the War Nathan Bedford Forrest was a brave, supremely competent and successful General. After the war he was for a time the first Grand Wizard of the KKK, but quit because the group was too violent. Later he supported equal rights for black people. Forrest did all this without the benefit of a formal education. Nathan Bedford Forrest was an amazing man. This statue is an excellent likeness.
Hey Matt- so very very very glad I found you again. You are such a wonderful historian and tour guide. Your paper on General Nathan B. Forrest was excellent- just exceptional and-- let me say sir-- from this Kentuckian to you-- GENERAL FORREST WOULD BE PROUD. Thank you Mr. Matt.
I am so glad to see this. I lived in Memphis for quite a number of years ands was familiar with the Forrest grave and monument. I was dismayed when political correctness allowed the desecration of history as it was. (My Great Grandfather was a member of Co. K of the 2nd KY Cavalry, I don't know if that was Morgan's command or Basil Duke's)
Thanks mate! I plan on moving to Europe by the end of the year and I can’t wait to visit your beautiful country again for the first time since I was in the Army
In Edinburgh 🏴Scotland there is a memorial obelisk to Colonel Robert Smith killed in 1862 from battle wounds.Obelisk put up to his memory by his brother.Smith was 26 when he died.He is buried in Jackson Mississippi. His brother also put up a tall obelisk on the Munfordville battle field where his brother was wounded.His brother died of his wounds about 11 days later. When Confederate President Jefferson Davis visited Edinburgh after the civil war it is believed he paid his respects to Colonel Smith at the Edinburgh obelisk.
I was born and raised here Memphis,Forrest and his wife should have not been removed from Elmwood Cemetery and buried in downtown Memphis and him wife wanted too be buried in Elmwood not in a park in downtown Memphis.So yes he should have been removed
A man of honor and military genius who should be revered and remembered with respect and dignity. I'm an LSU fan but I do admire your hat and loyalty to the Rebels! We are, after all, kindred spirits and brothers in arms.
Your awesome Matt. Hated that me and my two children missed you when we were at Gettysburg a few years back. I asked a couple rangers where you might be but they just brushed us off pretty disappointed in their reaction being from NC on a 4th of July trip passing through with limited time and had no luck finding you ourselves. But will be traveling again and will definitely not let this happen again. Watch all tour videos and enjoy the laughter and seriousness all in one. ✌️
Matt, I was on the Gettysburg battlefield TWICE in the last two weeks and didn't find you anywhere,, I was to say the least, disappointed,,, BUT! I know you can't be everywhere lol. I talked with Gen. Longstreet and he said he hadn't seen you in a while either. Warren, up on Little Roundtop said look west and I had just came from there so I headed north to that bloody angle where I came upon W.S. Hancock being carried off the field and he muttered DAMN Confederate! Where is he when you need him!.. :) Nice seeing you in a different uniform as well! :)
We were born on the same soil We breathe the same air and We live on the same ground then why can't we live as brothers and sisters General Nathan Bedford Forrest
As an "Original Transcon RR" enthusiast, these people of that era are fascinating to study. Two books I recommend, having read lately: Bret Baehr's book on the crisis of 1876, Grant and his times. Also "Fierce Patriot", all about Sherman and his personal and professional career. I had read a bit concerning Forrest, so glad to see this. Thanks for a nice, respectful presentation.
I have been to the old Forrest Park in Memphis twice to pay my respects to General Forrest and his wife, back in the 90s. In my opinion, it was a win/win to relocate the General and his wife. Memphis has become a shit hole as have most large cities in America. Back in the 90s you saw crack heads and hookers and drug peddlers all over the damned place. It had become a disgraceful place for the remains of any respectable person to be laid in, let alone that of Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife. They deserve better, and it seems to me that they now have better. HUZZAH TO THE WIZARD OF THE SADDLE, GENERAL NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST!!
Hopefully the Good General and the Statue will safely stand in the arms of those who love our Confederate Soldiers, shame on Memphis for allowing this outrage but great to have the remains and the memorial back together and in a place where they will be honored. Thanks for the video and thanks to your ancestor, one of our defenders!
As a highly talented, adaptable, formidable, intelligent, fearless, ruthless, competent and pragmatic military commander and professional cavalryman, i greatly respect and admire general Forrest for his merits. *Nothing else.*
Would Shelby Foote really have desired to take the plots of General Forrest and his wife out of Memphis? Why is it that I just don't think so? I love Shelby Foote's CW Narrative. It should be mandatory reading in US schools so an even handed historical analysis of the War between the States can be presented to the children that desperately need it now and will even more so going forward. Thanks for reaching out and teaching so many people interested in the war. When I first began reading up on various battles of the war, and geopolitical history as well, I never would have dreamed we'd have the tools to examine and learn about it like we can today. It's the most important period in our nation's history and needs to be properly taught and understood as the country is continually changing with the passage of time. There are many lessons to learn from our history that will be vital to it's survival as a single country going forward. I started table-top wargaming, with maps and chits, dice and tables, (no miniatures). They were historical recreations that I and a couple of friends back in H.S. in the early 1970's began playing. By the early 1980's these "war games" had morphed over to early computers (Commadore 64/128) and by 1986-87 to PC's. I've been doing this ever since 1972 eventually to include playing with overseas partners and opponents via email. Some take years and years to complete. Over time this hobby has expanded to all other military conflicts and time periods, some games are complicated and some aren't but they all teach us history. Again, thanks for the battle walks of Gettysburg and the other BF you've wandered around on. I've been to Gettysburg about 5x or so over the years and a bunch of others in the east, where I live. I'm happy to see these people haven't melted down the old General already. Best of health Matt to you and yours and keep the videos coming.
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Forrest is a more questionable confederate general. Like Lee, Jackson, and other confederates, he was defending his home. Also, like most confedetes, he fought for slavery to preserve the southern economy and his own prosperity that came from the institution. Forrest, through business and especially slave trading, had become one of the richest men in the south and was a deep believer in the rebel cause. While Lee and Jackson were torn between their country and their states and were career United States officers, Forrests career only began when he volunteered to fight for the Confederacy out of principle, not obligation. He then went on to lead the most destructive cavalry of the entire civil war and after that the KKK. What I'm trying to say is his service likely had less to do with sticking with his community and family and more about gaining more riches and fighting for white supremacy. He may have had a change of heart later, but he made comments to support this after the KKK had already caused the failure of reconstruction. Forrest was a born military genius and fought for his home of Tennessee killing many men on his own and leading from the front...but he was one of the great aristocrats of the south. Therefore his reasons were fighting were mainly for greed, but above all to justify his slave practices by proving the white man is superior. He had his virtues and loved his home, but he was much more brutal and crazed with his following of the confederate cause.
How disgraceful, that they would remove his statue. He was probably the greatest son that the state produced. He even paid to make a cavalry detachment for his state. They're just a bunch of jealous a-holes.
Wow. Very nice to see they have preserved the statue. I hope this means they will also add appropriate interpretation that includes both the accolades and the darker side to this man who was influential in his time.
I grew up in Memphis and I remember the statue in what was then Forrest Park. I think it is terrible what is being done to erase American history in the name of Political Correctness. Removing Forrest's statue does nothing to change our history. I agree with Shelby Foote that despite all of his many flaws, Forrest was the best cavalry commander on both sides of the war. He completed 6th grade, never went to West Point, but he was a military genius. German General Rommel even adopted his cavalry tactics to his armor units. So sad that history has to be denied so that virtue signaling and pc can take its place.
Kinda like calling the Ritter house kid the same thing but then like now wasn’t true!!!! When you invade somebody’s home you better be ready to fight cause you are right if he can he will kill you for doing so !!!!!
@jimmyanderson2988 when you rebel, you expect as the secession states did occupation to your cities to happen. Cause and effect. When you attack by force, you can expect retaliation. There were 18 acts committed by Southern states in the following six weeks. As more states joined the confederacy, more federal installations were seized as well. So, who was the aggressor? Dec 27 Castle Pinckney and Fort Moultrie seized in Charleston Hatbor Dec 30 US arsenal seized in Charleston Jan 2 Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor seized Jan 3 Fort Pulaski GA seized Jan 4 US Arsenal seized at Mt Vernon Alabama Jan 6 US Arsenal seized at Apalachicola FL Jan 7 Fort Marion, St Augustine FL seized Jan 9 Fort Johnston NC seized Jan 10 US Arsenal and barracks seized at Baton Rouge LA Jan 11 Forts Jackson and St. Phillip LA seized Jan 11 US Marine Hospital near New Orleans seized Jan 12 Forts Barrancas and McRae seized at Pensacola FL along with US barracks and Navy Yard Jan 14 Fort Pike LA seized Jan 20 Fort on Ship Island MS seized Jan 24 US Arsenal at Augusta GA seized Jan 26 Oglethorpe Barracks & Fort Jackson seized in GA Jan 28 Fort Macomb LA seized Feb 1 US Mint in New Orleans seized Mar 6 Jefferson Davis calls for 100,000 troops Apr 12 Fort Sumter attacked
Poor General Forrest at least he had a better fate than Gen A. P. Hill with little that remained of him fell apart under somebody's bulldozer over in Virginia.
i agree we was an important man during the war, and people should be taught the FACTS about him, BUT he should not be worshiped like an icon or role model.
It's truly sad that a bunch of ignorant people with too much time on their hands and stimulus money in their pockets have to get so excited over an individual who has been gone for nearly a century and a half. The founding fathers will be next and it has already started.
Thank You Mr. Atkinson; this news makes my heart GLAD ! What an EXTRAORDINARY MAN N.B. Forrest was. His Civil War exploits would make General Patton 'step back in awe.' Gutsiest general America EVER produced. A fitting & lovely resting place for N.B. Forrest & his wife......
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Great statue of a Great Man. His quote: "War to the knife, knife to the hilt." That is how he fought. Great warrior. Doctor George Whitehead
Forrest was a tough man.
Thanks Matt proud of you for remembering a hero
Love Matt. Glad to see the statue again too. From the descendant of many Yankee soldiers.
My favorite park ranger!!! My 3rd great grandfather was mustered into Confederate service in 1862 with the 13th TN Cav from Nolensville to Smyrna and then joined Forrest in Murfreesboro.
Matt thank you for sharing. I am glad to see this preservation work being done!!!
Good to see preservation.
Thanks, Matt, for sharing. Edwin Bearss book Forrest at Brice's Cross Roads is outstanding. Emerging Civil War for taking the time to bring this.
Thanks Matt - always love your presentations. NBF was a true giant of the Confederacy.
Amen Michael! …what’s going on in our country disgust me to the very being of my core
My ancestor a Captain in Forrest's cavalry along with his two brothers served the entire war.
Interesting post, thanks. With two great grandfathers buried in their Confederate uniforms, I was raised on Southern lore. It saddens me how the story is being erased.
Their story will never be erased as long as we all resist the Woke BS
It's because of PC foolishness.
Beautiful statue .
Thanks Matt. I just found this and subscribed.
Thank you for taking the time. God bless Dixie
Elm Springs is such an amazing place to visit! Great people & very friendly staff, lots to learn about.
Thank you for keeping history alive
My grandfather served under Nathan Bedford Forrest. I have paperwork where he applied for disability from being wounded during the war with the state of Tennessee but funds were scarce after the war and he was denied benefits.
Love to see Matt Atkinson!
Matt you are great; great at Gettysburg and apparently great on the road as well. You teach history really, but you also bring it to life and put it in context. Thank you Sir.
I fully understand the movement to remove Confederate monuments from in front of Court Houses, State and local government buildings, and other public places. However it is reprehensible to deface or destroy these monuments. It is good to see this bronze Statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest has been preserved and is displayed again. This monument is art, as well as an artifact of history. It is unsavory history to some maybe, but it is still history and should never be destroyed.
Forrest was a good example of the Southern mindset before, during and after the Civil War. Before the War he was a very successful planter, a slave owner and a slave dealer. During the War Nathan Bedford Forrest was a brave, supremely competent and successful General. After the war he was for a time the first Grand Wizard of the KKK, but quit because the group was too violent. Later he supported equal rights for black people. Forrest did all this without the benefit of a formal education.
Nathan Bedford Forrest was an amazing man. This statue is an excellent likeness.
So true Spike! I’ve defended him for 30 years and been kicked off instagram and TH-cam and several other platforms, so I’ll stop right here
Thanks for the post
Wow so glad it remains somewhere .Clearly one of the best most true to life statues from that conflict. Who was the sculptor I wonder.
Charles Henry Niehaus. He was paid 25k in 1901 to create the statue, with it being unveiled in November, 1904.
@@detsportsfan18thanks friend!
Sad, sad, sad, that Memphis did this to the great General's (and his wife, Mary Ann) but it is a sign of the times. Thanks for the video.
O7 Deo Vindince 🇬🇧 thank you for remembering history that cannot be erased Matt keep up the good work
Hey Matt- so very very very glad I found you again. You are such a wonderful historian and tour guide.
Your paper on General Nathan B. Forrest was excellent- just exceptional and-- let me say sir-- from this Kentuckian to you-- GENERAL FORREST WOULD BE PROUD. Thank you Mr. Matt.
Matt,I could listen to you talk Civil War all the time
He won Lee’s admiration.
Thanks Matt- you are a national treasure too :)
I love Matt! His presentations are the best! Great job, Emerging Civil War!
I am so glad to see this. I lived in Memphis for quite a number of years ands was familiar with the Forrest grave and monument. I was dismayed when political correctness allowed the desecration of history as it was. (My Great Grandfather was a member of Co. K of the 2nd KY Cavalry, I don't know if that was Morgan's command or Basil Duke's)
Respect and Support from Germany to the South!
Thanks mate! I plan on moving to Europe by the end of the year and I can’t wait to visit your beautiful country again for the first time since I was in the Army
Your Welcome! If you come to Stuttgart....we drink a beer!@@Gary-o5v6c
@@Gary-o5v6c Wish you luck! Beware of the neo-liberalism in Germany and the Jihadists!
Lol, german culture and enlightenment helped pave the way for the northern anti-slavery sentiment, but whatevs:P
@@danc1476 Heros von Borcke was a german cavallerie Officer, riding on Jeb Stuarts side!
Glad i found you and following.
Thanks!
In Edinburgh 🏴Scotland there is a memorial obelisk to Colonel Robert Smith killed in 1862 from battle wounds.Obelisk put up to his memory by his brother.Smith was 26 when he died.He is buried in Jackson Mississippi. His brother also put up a tall obelisk on the Munfordville battle field where his brother was wounded.His brother died of his wounds about 11 days later.
When Confederate President Jefferson Davis visited Edinburgh after the civil war it is believed he paid his respects to Colonel Smith at the Edinburgh obelisk.
Was in Columbia a few months ago. Had to go and pay my respects to the General.
Should have never been removed
seriously?
@@Yausbro seriously what? Nothing wrong with the Confederates. Brave men fighting for their rights
I agree.
I was born and raised here Memphis,Forrest and his wife should have not been removed from Elmwood Cemetery and buried in downtown Memphis and him wife wanted too be buried in Elmwood not in a park in downtown Memphis.So yes he should have been removed
@@rawfoodwriterthey were fighting for slavery
A man of honor and military genius who should be revered and remembered with respect and dignity. I'm an LSU fan but I do admire your hat and loyalty to the Rebels! We are, after all, kindred spirits and brothers in arms.
A man of honor who fought to conserve the south's slavery insitution???
Your awesome Matt. Hated that me and my two children missed you when we were at Gettysburg a few years back.
I asked a couple rangers where you might be but they just brushed us off pretty disappointed in their reaction
being from NC on a 4th of July trip passing through with limited time and had no luck finding you ourselves. But will be traveling again and will definitely not let this happen again. Watch all tour videos and enjoy the laughter and seriousness all in one. ✌️
Matt, I was on the Gettysburg battlefield TWICE in the last two weeks and didn't find you anywhere,, I was to say the least, disappointed,,, BUT! I know you can't be everywhere lol.
I talked with Gen. Longstreet and he said he hadn't seen you in a while either. Warren, up on Little Roundtop said look west and I had just came from there so I headed north to that bloody angle where I came upon W.S. Hancock being carried off the field and he muttered DAMN Confederate! Where is he when you need him!.. :) Nice seeing you in a different uniform as well! :)
We were born on the same soil We breathe the same air and We live on the same ground then why can't we live as brothers and sisters
General Nathan Bedford Forrest
As an "Original Transcon RR" enthusiast, these people of that era are fascinating to study. Two books I recommend, having read lately: Bret Baehr's book on the crisis of 1876, Grant and his times. Also "Fierce Patriot", all about Sherman and his personal and professional career. I had read a bit concerning Forrest, so glad to see this. Thanks for a nice, respectful presentation.
I have been to the old Forrest Park in Memphis twice to pay my respects to General Forrest and his wife, back in the 90s.
In my opinion, it was a win/win to relocate the General and his wife. Memphis has become a shit hole as have most large cities in America.
Back in the 90s you saw crack heads and hookers and drug peddlers all over the damned place. It had become a disgraceful place for the remains of any respectable person to be laid in, let alone that of Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife. They deserve better, and it seems to me that they now have better.
HUZZAH TO THE WIZARD OF THE SADDLE, GENERAL NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST!!
Hopefully the Good General and the Statue will safely stand in the arms of those who love our Confederate Soldiers, shame on Memphis for allowing this outrage but great to have the remains and the memorial back together and in a place where they will be honored. Thanks for the video and thanks to your ancestor, one of our defenders!
As a highly talented, adaptable, formidable, intelligent, fearless, ruthless, competent and pragmatic military commander and professional cavalryman, i greatly respect and admire general Forrest for his merits.
*Nothing else.*
Wholesome man.
Very nice, Matt. Surprised to see you in ranger green though
A Good presentation. Hopefully it’s not your last one, especially if that park service thing doesn’t work out.
As a Tennessean I'm ashamed of Memphis in so many ways.
It was an honor to meet you a couple years ago, and a pleasure to see you do such fine work.
It's always a pleasure to see and hear Matt.
Description has it listed as Mississippi instead of Tennessee FYI.
GOOD EYE! Gonna put you in the Cavalry...
Thanks for the catch. With Matt in the video, we have Mississippi on the brain!
Would Shelby Foote really have desired to take the plots of General Forrest and his wife out of Memphis? Why is it that I just don't think so? I love Shelby Foote's CW Narrative. It should be mandatory reading in US schools so an even handed historical analysis of the War between the States can be presented to the children that desperately need it now and will even more so going forward. Thanks for reaching out and teaching so many people interested in the war. When I first began reading up on various battles of the war, and geopolitical history as well, I never would have dreamed we'd have the tools to examine and learn about it like we can today. It's the most important period in our nation's history and needs to be properly taught and understood as the country is continually changing with the passage of time. There are many lessons to learn from our history that will be vital to it's survival as a single country going forward. I started table-top wargaming, with maps and chits, dice and tables, (no miniatures). They were historical recreations that I and a couple of friends back in H.S. in the early 1970's began playing. By the early 1980's these "war games" had morphed over to early computers (Commadore 64/128) and by 1986-87 to PC's. I've been doing this ever since 1972 eventually to include playing with overseas partners and opponents via email. Some take years and years to complete. Over time this hobby has expanded to all other military conflicts and time periods, some games are complicated and some aren't but they all teach us history. Again, thanks for the battle walks of Gettysburg and the other BF you've wandered around on. I've been to Gettysburg about 5x or so over the years and a bunch of others in the east, where I live. I'm happy to see these people haven't melted down the old General already. Best of health Matt to you and yours and keep the videos coming.
Thanks for sharing this information with us. My great grandfather was captured at Vicksburg.
Thank you general Forest for your service, may you finally rest in peace sir
Thanks for the update. That is quite an impressive statue. Do you know who the sculptor was?
Charles Henry Niehaus. He was paid 25k in 1901 to create the statue, with it being unveiled in November, 1904.
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I wish I had known about his tour and I would have come there to take part.
I have General Forrest’s portrait in my front window.-🇨🇦sympathizer of the Confederacy.
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Yessss!!! It’s so nice to see Matt. Can’t wait to see more of him with Chris!!😁👍
Hey Matt I knew a fraternity brother at Ole Miss named Mike Griffin. I graduated in 1979.
God Bless the South and those in that time who fought to protect it.
From Houston Ms
Thank you Sons of Confederate Veterans for saving Confederate history God save the South
Forrest is a more questionable confederate general. Like Lee, Jackson, and other confederates, he was defending his home. Also, like most confedetes, he fought for slavery to preserve the southern economy and his own prosperity that came from the institution. Forrest, through business and especially slave trading, had become one of the richest men in the south and was a deep believer in the rebel cause. While Lee and Jackson were torn between their country and their states and were career United States officers, Forrests career only began when he volunteered to fight for the Confederacy out of principle, not obligation. He then went on to lead the most destructive cavalry of the entire civil war and after that the KKK. What I'm trying to say is his service likely had less to do with sticking with his community and family and more about gaining more riches and fighting for white supremacy. He may have had a change of heart later, but he made comments to support this after the KKK had already caused the failure of reconstruction. Forrest was a born military genius and fought for his home of Tennessee killing many men on his own and leading from the front...but he was one of the great aristocrats of the south. Therefore his reasons were fighting were mainly for greed, but above all to justify his slave practices by proving the white man is superior. He had his virtues and loved his home, but he was much more brutal and crazed with his following of the confederate cause.
How disgraceful, that they would remove his statue. He was probably the greatest son that the state produced. He even paid to make a cavalry detachment for his state. They're just a bunch of jealous a-holes.
I'm glad he's home. I was at that park and I remember saying it was in site of SUN records and wasn't too happy.
I love America.
This is like seeing Superman in his Clark Kent outfit for the first time, lol
Hey Matt!!!!
DEO VINDICE!
One of the greatest generals of all.
Wow. Very nice to see they have preserved the statue. I hope this means they will also add appropriate interpretation that includes both the accolades and the darker side to this man who was influential in his time.
And his late life views on his past and his future in the afterlife.
Forrest was Bad ass and he was Pardoned by the US Government. Great American Warrior!!!
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BRAVO! BRAVO! BRAVO!
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Would have liked to see the other side of the statue!
I grew up in Memphis and I remember the statue in what was then Forrest Park. I think it is terrible what is being done to erase American history in the name of Political Correctness. Removing Forrest's statue does nothing to change our history. I agree with Shelby Foote that despite all of his many flaws, Forrest was the best cavalry commander on both sides of the war. He completed 6th grade, never went to West Point, but he was a military genius. German General Rommel even adopted his cavalry tactics to his armor units. So sad that history has to be denied so that virtue signaling and pc can take its place.
"Get there firstest with the mostest." N.B. Forrest
Incredible
thank you sir, i try to follow any content associated with your name
Great man and deserved better
I wonder where the marker for Gen. Forrest the third who died while bombing Berlin in W.W.2? It was in that park .
Glad it was saved
I’ve tried to look up Fannie Moon. Even looked at Elmwood interments. Can’t find anything. Who was she?
Ranger Matt!
he was a great man.
No he wasn't. Actually quite evil.
NPS rangers now doing videos for Emerging Civil War? Cool trend.
The southern states of the USA will our salvation in this year of our Lord 2024.
We was a bully, a braggart, and a murderer. That is also part of history...
Kinda like calling the Ritter house kid the same thing but then like now wasn’t true!!!! When you invade somebody’s home you better be ready to fight cause you are right if he can he will kill you for doing so !!!!!
@jimmyanderson2988 when you rebel, you expect as the secession states did occupation to your cities to happen.
Cause and effect. When you attack by force, you can expect retaliation. There were 18 acts committed by Southern states in the following six weeks. As more states joined the confederacy, more federal installations were seized as well. So, who was the aggressor?
Dec 27 Castle Pinckney and Fort Moultrie seized in Charleston Hatbor
Dec 30 US arsenal seized in Charleston
Jan 2 Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor seized
Jan 3 Fort Pulaski GA seized
Jan 4 US Arsenal seized at Mt Vernon Alabama
Jan 6 US Arsenal seized at Apalachicola FL
Jan 7 Fort Marion, St Augustine FL seized
Jan 9 Fort Johnston NC seized
Jan 10 US Arsenal and barracks seized at Baton Rouge LA
Jan 11 Forts Jackson and St. Phillip LA seized
Jan 11 US Marine Hospital near New Orleans seized
Jan 12 Forts Barrancas and McRae seized at Pensacola FL along with US barracks and Navy Yard
Jan 14 Fort Pike LA seized
Jan 20 Fort on Ship Island MS seized
Jan 24 US Arsenal at Augusta GA seized
Jan 26 Oglethorpe Barracks & Fort Jackson seized in GA
Jan 28 Fort Macomb LA seized
Feb 1 US Mint in New Orleans seized
Mar 6 Jefferson Davis calls for 100,000 troops
Apr 12 Fort Sumter attacked
Seems vulnerable to vandals where it is.
Perhaps an innocent slip but Forrest died in 1877, not 1875.
maybe Memphis will fall into the Mississippi River
cant hear ya
Poor General Forrest at least he had a better fate than Gen A. P. Hill with little that remained of him fell apart under somebody's bulldozer over in Virginia.
Deo Vindice Brethren!
Hotty Toddy Matt.
i agree we was an important man during the war, and people should be taught the FACTS about him, BUT he should not be worshiped like an icon or role model.
It's truly sad that a bunch of ignorant people with too much time on their hands and stimulus money in their pockets have to get so excited over an individual who has been gone for nearly a century and a half. The founding fathers will be next and it has already started.
Forrest died in 1877
Shame on the city of Memphis
What a disgrace watching AMERICANS history,culture and heritage being removed .