Photo of Nathan Bedford Forrest in civilian clothes. Bust view. Image remains clear with light contrast. Plain, unruled mount is complete and untrimmed. No photographer’s back mark, but there is a pre-printed label on back, “Gen. Forrest, C.S.A.”

Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 – October 29, 1877). Before the Civil 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 as a cavalry leader, Forrest was given command of a corps and earned the nickname "The Wizard of the Saddle". Despite Forrest's skills as a leader and tactician, he is a controversial figure due to his role in the massacre of many black U.S. Army soldiers at Fort Pillow and his postwar leadership of the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan, with Forrest at the lead, suppressed the voting rights of blacks in the Southern United States through violence and intimidation during the elections of 1868. In 1869, Forrest expressed disillusionment with the lack of discipline in the group and issued a letter ordering the dissolution of the Ku Klux Klan as well as the destruction of its costumes; he then withdrew from the organization.  [jet][ph:L]

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