Forrest's Murfreesboro Raid 2E52
Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest's brigade passed here enroute to its junction with additional units, to be followed by a further advance on the Federal garrison and stores at Murfreesboro. Leaving Chattanooga on July 9, the brigade here consisted of the 8th Texas Cavalry (Wharton), 2nd Georgia Cavalry (Lawton), and Woodward's Kentucky Cavalry Battalion, with a headquarters unit of 20 men, commanded by Captain William Forrest. Further accessions to strength were to join at McMinnville.

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Nathan Bedford Forrest III, Airman 4E117

Brigadier General N.B. Forrest, III, U.S. Army Air Force, was born in Memphis on April 7,1905, and was the first American General Officer killed in combat against the Nazis during World War II. He died while participating in a B-17 bomber raid on Kiel, Germany, June 13, 1943.

A 1928 graduate of West Point, he served as Second Air Force Chief of Staff prior to transfer to the U.S. Eighth Air Force in England. He was the son of Memphians Nathan Bedford Forrest II and Mattie Patton Forrest, and great-grandson of Confederate Lt. General Nathan Bedford Forrest. In 1949 his body was returned from Germany and reburied in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Raleigh Richardson White, Sr. TX11737
RALEIGH RICHARDSON WHITE, Sr.
(August 9, 1840 - January 11, 1919)

Born to a wealthy Missouri plantation family, Raleigh R. White joined the Confederate Army, against his father's wishes, at age 21. During his service White fought under Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and made a lifelong friend of fellow soldier J.B. Gambrell. In 1863 Raleigh married Annie Davidson (1844-1902), a family friend of Gambrell's. By war's end, White was acting as Colonel of his company on Forrest's recommendation.

His life began to change dramatically when the young soldier, through the influence of his devout wife and their friend Gambrell, joined the Baptist Church in 1869. He began a medical practice in Mississippi in 1870, but soon found himself drawn to the ministry. Ordained in 1873, White soon was an influential preacher and member of Baptist Associations. In 1882, the Rev. Raleigh R. White and his large family moved to Texas.

White continued his ministry, often traveling to serve three churches at once. Always active in association work, he was particularly interested in seminaries, missions, and denominational work with African Americans. Annie White died of heart failure in Temple in 1902. Two years later, the couple's oldest son, Dr. Raleigh R. White, Jr., opened Temple Sanitarium, later renamed Scott & White Memorial Hospital, with his medical partner. The elder White carried on his work as an itinerant preacher. When he died in 1919, his lifelong comrade J.B. Gambrell, then president of the Southern Baptist Convention, wrote a eulogy for the Baptist Standard.

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Battle of Selma AL128
April 2, 1865--On the day Richmond fell General Nathan Bedford Forrest, his men, home guards and civilians manned earthworks about this city. They were overwhelmed by veterans of General James H. Wilson who burned Confederate facilities and many homes. After a week of destruction Wilson raided on to Montgomery.

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Battle Royal AL169
May 1, 1863–Nathan Bedford Forrest attacked Colonel Streight's column as it crossed Locust's swift waters, causing the Federal troops to make tremendous exertions to complete the movement, contributing thereby to Streight's eventual surrender of his entire command to Forrest some forty hours later and seventy-five miles from Battle Royal.

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Forrest's Railroad - 218
Building of Selma, Marion & Memphis Railroad was completed to this point in 1870 during the presidency (1869-1874) of the distinguished Confederate cavalry leader, General Nathan Bedford Forrest. His fellow officer, Gen. E. W. Rucker, served as superintendent of construction. An extension to Akron was finished in 1882. This railroad is now part of the Southern Railway System. Location: Hale County Greensboro

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Lanier's Mill Skirmish - 622
On April 6, 1865, near this site on the Sipsey River, Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederate forces, under Brig. Gen. Wirt Adams, met Union forces under Brig. Gen. John Croxton . Union forces numbering 1,500 men, having burned the 3-story brick mill and resumed their march, were attacked by an equal number of Confederate forces. Gen. Adams reported his losses as 9 killed and 25 wounded and estimated Union losses as 75 killed or captured. Confederates took 2 Union ambulances and personal baggage of Gen. Croxton, who was forced back to Tuscaloosa. On May 4, when he surrendered, Gen. Adams received this communication from Col. George Moorman of his command: "Should the war cease now you would have the honor of having won the last victory on the Confederate soil and in the Confederate cause." The Confederate charge which took place here was the last cavalry charge in the War Between the States. Location: Pickens County

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The Byler Road - 804
Two days after Alabama was admitted as a State to the Union, the Legislature authorized the first State road to be built from Huntsville on the Tennessee River to Tuscaloosa on the Warrior River. William Wyatt Bibb, the first Governor of Alabama, approved the bill in Huntsville on December 16, 1819. John Byler was directed to build the road, clearing all stumps and roots for a width of twelve feet, which he completed in 1823. Connecting the Tennessee River Waterway with the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway to Mobile Bay, it played a significant part in the early development of the State. After 1826, when Tuscaloosa became the State Capital, it was unquestionably "The Main Street of Northwest Alabama." The Union General James Harrison Wilson passed over the road in March, 1865 with 13,480 cavalrymen (one of the largest cavalry raids in world history) in route to Selma where he defeated Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest on April 2, 1865--the same day that Richmond fell. Location: Winston County Haleyville

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Forrest's Murfreesboro Riad July 11, 1862 2E53
Arriving from Chattanooga, Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest's brigade, consisting of the 8th Texas Cavalry, 2nd Georgia Cavalry, Woodard's Kentucky Cavalry Battalion, and a headquarters unit commanded by Captain William Forrest, was joined by the 1st Georgia Cavalry Battalion (Morrison), part of Spiller's Cavalry Battalion (Baxter Smith), and two independent cavalry companies (Taylor& Waltham). The brigade, now about 1,400 strong, bivouacked beyond the town, along Mud Creek.

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Forrest's Murfreesboro Raid July 13, 1862 2E50
Having brought about the surrender of the Federal garrison of Murfreesboro by 4:00 p.m., Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest's Brigade halted here overnight, enroute to McMinnville, where prisoners were processed and captured material inventoried. In addition to the extensive capture of men and horses, and destruction of material, munitions and rolling stock, the raid had caused the abandonment by Major General Don Carlos Buell of the Federal drive on Chattanooga.

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