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Tag Archives: Nathan Bedford Forrest
“a secret organization, for no good purpose”
According to Wikipedia George W. Ashburn was born in North Carolina and later moved to Georgia. He opposed the secession of Georgia and was commissioned a Colonel in the Union army. In 1867 Mr. Ashburn called to order the Georgia … Continue reading
one nationality
From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in September 1866: The Second Campaign for the Union. The noblest soldiers in the army of the Union, assembled in convention at Cleveland on Monday, the 17th, inst., for the purpose of giving … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Aftermath, Postbellum Politics, Reconstruction
Tagged 1866 Elections, Cleveland Convention, Cleveland Ohio, John Ellis Wool, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Oliver Hazard Perry, Presidential Reconstruction, Radical Republicans, Reconstruction, Soldiers and Sailors Cleveland Convention 1866, Thomas Ewing Jr.
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old news …
Not exactly good news for the rebel cause From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1865: The War in the Southwest. CAIRO, Feb. 21. – The Memphis Bulletin learns from gentlemen who left Selma, Ala., on the 14th ult., … Continue reading
honoring General Forrest
For what it’s worth, Nathan Bedford Forrest seems to have been defending himself against charges that he ordered/condoned a massacre of blacks at Fort Pillow. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August 20, 1864: General Forrest and the Negroes. –It is … Continue reading
“an indiscriminate slaughter”
“The fort ran with blood.” From the Richmond Daily Dispatch April 18, 1864: The capture of Fort Pillow Mobile, April 16. –A special dispatch to the Advertiser and Register from Fort Pillow, 12th [13th?], says: Forrest attacked this place with … Continue reading
