Nathan Bedford Forrest

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title: Nathan Bedford Forrest
text: Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War and later the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan from 1867 to 1869. Before the war, Forrest amassed substantial wealth as a cotton plantation owner, horse and cattle trader, real estate broker, and slave trader. In June 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate Army and became one of the few soldiers during the war to enlist as a private and be promoted to general without previous military training. An expe
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description: Confederate States Army general and Ku Klux Klan leader (1821–1877)
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest
date created: 2002-04-18T17:01:22Z
date modified: 2024-09-01T01:54:23Z
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