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Nathan B forrest
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By the time the civil war broke out nathan was a millionare one of the richest people in the south
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He Became a liuetent colonel in The confedarte army
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He became a colonel of the 3rd Tennessee calvary
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He was back in action in the Battle of Shiloh
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He raided upon the norths lines around 1862-1863
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Where he pursued the reatreating Union Army and took hundreds prsoners
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Nathan B forrest was ranked to Major Genreal
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He demanded unconditional surrender or else he would put every man to the sword
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His Big victory came on when his 3,500 man force clashed with 8,500 men commanded by General Samuel D. Sturgis at the Battle of Brice's Crossroads.
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He led raids that summer and fall, including a really famous one into a Northern held downtown Memphis in August 1864
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He again was promoted to Lieuntant General becoming the only man so far to be ranked so high under Robert E. Lee
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Forrest tries without success to defend the state of Alabama against Union attacks
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Robert E. Lee surrenders to Grants Army
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Forrest was relentless in harassing Union forces during the Vicksburg Campaign in 1862 and 1863. He also conducted working raiding operations on federal supplies and communication lines throughout the Civil war.
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He left When the KKK started to get racist and left
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He became a grand wizard for the KKK an organzation for the confedarate Vetrans that acted like cops after the civil war
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Nathan B Forrest died of diabetes in Memphis tennesee
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He Was burried on October 30, 1887 in Memphis
