★★★ Forrest, Jeffrey Edward

Jeffrey Edward Forrest​

Born: June 10, 1837

Birthplace: Tippah County, Mississippi

Father: William Forrest 1801 – 1837

(Buried: Beck Cemetery, Benton County, Mississippi)​

Mother: Miriam Beck 1802 – 1867

(Buried: Beck Cemetery, Benton County, Mississippi)​

Occupation before War:

Slave Trader in Vicksburg, Mississippi​

Civil War Career:

1861: Private Company D, 7th​ Tennessee Cavalry Regiment​

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1861 – 1862: 2nd​ Lt. Company C, Forrest's Tennessee Cavalry​

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1862: Captain of Company C, Forrest's Tennessee Cavalry Regiment​

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1862: Resigned as Captain on June 17, 1862​

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1862 – 1863: Major of 13th​ Tennessee Cavalry Regiment​

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1863 – 1864: Colonel of Forrest's Alabama Cavalry Regiment

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1863: Wounded & Captured during the Battle of Bear's Creek, Alabama​

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1864: Acted as Brig. General of Cavalry Brigade under Gen. Forrest​

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1864: Killed in battle near Okolona, Mississippi shot while pursuing the enemy​

Died: February 22, 1864

Place of Death: Okolona, Mississippi

Age at time of Death: 25 years old

Cause of Death: Killed in battle during a Pursuing of the enemy

Original Burial Place: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi

Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee (March 27, 1868)

 

[Luke Freet]

His death heavily affected his brother Nathan Bedford. NBF apparently drove his men on harder after hearing of his death, trying to avenge his brother's death.

 

[Pollaco]

Him enlisting as a private was in Captain Josiah White's Tennessee Mounted Rifles. This was the same unit his brother Nathan also enlisted in. This unit would later be designated the 7th Tennessee Cavaley.

 

[Pollaco]

That fatal wound was in the throat and was witnessed by his brother Nathan. Nathan is said to have rushed to his side and dropped to his knees and holding his dying brother's head in his arms.

 

[Pollaco]

The headstone states 1863 but the actual killing was in 1864. The cemetery at Aberdeen contains a cenotaph. His body was reburied at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis in 1868. The cenotaph is merely a monument or marker. The actual word "cenotaph" means an empty tomb.

 

[WestTNConfederate]

@gentlemanrob

Thank you this biographic sketch of Jeffrey Forrest. Do you mind providing a source for this image? If it is your own then I would like permission to post it on his Wikipedia page which has recently been expanded on. Thank you! And if you have any more photos of Nathan, I'm always looking for a full body photograph which is in high-demand considering his what most have said about his imposing physique.

 

[TallTallMan]

Is this the brother that NB himself was scared of?

 

[Pollaco]

Is this the brother that NB himself was scared of?

Scared? Respected I'm sure. But scared, I kind of doubt it.

 

[Caddo Militia]

Is this the brother that NB himself was scared of?

That was another brother, Maj. William Hezekiah Forrest, or so the story goes.

 

[Pollaco]

He has eyes like Nathan. I would not care to be on the receiving end of that stare. His or Nathan's!