Nathan Bedford Forrest - War Record and Promotions

War Record and Promotions

  • Enlisted as Private July 1861. (Company "E", Tennessee Mounted Rifles)
  • Commissioned lieutenant colonel October 1861. (Raised 7th Tennessee Cavalry)
  • Promoted, Colonel February 1862, Battle of Fort Donelson.
  • Wounded, Battle of Shiloh, April 1862.
  • Promoted, Brigadier General, July 21, 1862, 3rd Tennessee Cavalry.
  • First Battle of Murfreesboro, July 1862.
  • Raids in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi, Fall 1862 – Spring 1863.
  • Battle of Day's Gap, April–May 1863.
  • Battle of Chickamauga, September 1863.
  • Promoted, Major General, December 4, 1863.
  • Battle of Paducah, March 1864.
  • Battle of Fort Pillow, April 1864.
  • Battle of Brice's Crossroads, June 1864.
  • Battle of Tupelo, July 14–15, 1864
  • Raids in Tennessee, August–October 1864.
  • Battle of Spring Hill, November 29, 1864.
  • Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864.
  • Third Battle of Murfreesboro, December 5–7, 1864
  • Battle of Nashville, December 15–16, 1864
  • Promoted, Lieutenant General, February 28, 1865
  • Final Address to his troops, May 1865.

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