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Nathan Bedford Forrest

1821 - 1877

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Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 – October 29, 1877) was an American slave trader, active in the lower Mississippi River valley, who served as a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. He was a founding member and the first Grand Wizard of the post-Civil War Reconstruction-era Ku Klux Klan, serving from 1867 to 1869. Before the war, Forrest amassed substantial wealth as a horse and cattle trader, real estate broker, slave jail operator, interstate slave trader, and cotton plantation owner. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nathan Bedford Forrest is the 544th most popular military personnel (down from 521st in 2019), the 1,907th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,498th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Nathan Bedford Forrest ranks 544 out of 2,058. Before him are Köten, Max Hoffmann, Ante Gotovina, Hans Baur, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Galdan Boshugtu Khan. After him are Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Günther Korten, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, Aegidius, Qi Jiguang, and Artabazos II.

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Among people born in 1821, Nathan Bedford Forrest ranks 24. Before him are Nikolay Nekrasov, Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Heinrich Barth, Arthur Cayley, Bartolomé Mitre, and Andrew Kim Taegon. After him are Eduard Heine, Giovanni Bottesini, Sebastian Kneipp, Tuone Udaina, Rachel Félix, and Ernst Engel. Among people deceased in 1877, Nathan Bedford Forrest ranks 18. Before him are Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Antoine Augustin Cournot, and Hermann Grassmann. After him are Kido Takayoshi, Yaqub Beg, Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse, Jung Bahadur Rana, Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Philipp Veit.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nathan Bedford Forrest ranks 1,907 out of 20,380. Before him are Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), Scott Glenn (1939), Patch Adams (1945), Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925), Kim Carnes (1945), and Benjamin Bloom (1913). After him are Samuel R. Delany (1942), Carroll Baker (1931), Harvey S. Firestone (1868), Ryan Murphy (1965), William Henry Pickering (1858), and Richard Donner (1930).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Nathan Bedford Forrest ranks 31. Before him are Albert Pike (1809), Carl Spaatz (1891), Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943), Robert Anderson (1805), Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845), and William Tecumseh Sherman (1820). After him are William Westmoreland (1914), Creighton Abrams (1914), Charles Sweeney (1919), Alexander Haig (1924), Richard Winters (1918), and Chris Kyle (1974).

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