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The entire article can be read at the link. There are some interesting new details about how the remains were buried and how they were moved. There are some modern political references in the article, so it's best to avoid discussing those in this forum, but the other details about how he was buried, etc. should be of interest.
GALLERY: Details of Forrest gravesite exhumation revealed
The reburial of General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Confederate monument from Memphis’ Health Sciences Park has been shrouded in secrecy.
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The reburial of General Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederate monument from Memphis' Health Sciences Park has been shrouded in secrecy.
The journey involved legal maneuvers and delicate decisions that ultimately led to the FBI's involvement.
When a decision was made that the monument would be removed, all parties involved were not even close to the end of a complicated journey that both divided and united a city all kept under wraps until now.
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Taylor says it was a Victorian cradle sitting atop the graves. The bodies were under the plaza in front of the pedestal, not below it.
"Keep in mind, Take 'Em Down 901 started the process. The property changed hands from the City of Memphis to Memphis Greenspace and the statue came down at 9:01 p.m. I looked at my watch. It was 9:01 a.m. when we discovered where the remains actually were," he noted.
The discovery is preserved in photographs.
"His casket was intact with a cast-iron casket. One hundred years worth of rust and patina on it," said Taylor as he leafed through dozens of photos of the exhumation. "All the hinges and latches and so forth all been rusted together, so we had to cut into it. His casket had been full of water and had to drain the water. And what was left was about six inches of sediment inside his casket."