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Lmao I wrote Morton instead of Freeman sorry
Here's another good thread about Forrest and Chalmers you may enjoy:7th Mississippi "Bravo" for that link what an awesome discussion by you guys about Forrest and Chalmers...
Is this the same Kelley who was killed in September 1864 near Franklin during Wheeler's Middle Tennessee Raid? I rate him pretty highly.D.C Kelley was important to Forrest and was very much into the Southern cause. He'd just gotten back from China, where he had been a missionary, and found Lincoln had been elected! That lit his fuse. He recruited a large number from his sizable congregation and was the commander of Co. F of the 3rd TN, sometimes called Forrest's Old Cavalry Battalion. (My ancestors were in Co. A of the 3rd TN.) Kelley proved to be an able officer and was on Forrest's staff. In fact, after Forrest was badly wounded at Fallen Timbers, Kelley took his place.
W.H. Jackson was good. He settled in Nashville's Belle Meade.Is this the same Kelley who was killed in September 1864 near Franklin during Wheeler's Middle Tennessee Raid? I rate him pretty highly.
Is this the same Kelley who was killed in September 1864 near Franklin during Wheeler's Middle Tennessee Raid? I rate him pretty highly.
Okay. Yeah, the other guy didn't seem to fit with what I knew.No, D C Kelley lived through the war and became quite a religious writer, helped found Vanderbilt University and ran for governor of Tennessee. You might be thinking of John Kelly, who was - I'm not sure - the youngest general killed during the war.
This one was a challenge and please anyone wanting to add on information about this man such as battles, etc please do. Colonel Jacob Barnett Biffle of the 9th Tenn. Cav. (19th Tenn. Cav.) It was interesting to read he had served under Albert Cooper when he was 16 years old in the Mexican War and later Cooper became his second command as a Lt. Col. In the 19th Tenn. Cav. There is two quotes which I read that stated Biffle was similar to NBF in some aspects. Biffle and his 9th were referred to as more of a commando style unit then a Cavalry force for Biffle would divide his men into smaller striking forces which were effective. Some Federal commanders branded his unit not as a conventional military force but as southern guerrillas. States his regiment was targeted and when men were captured they were sometimes tortured or murdered. If anyone knows more about this please inform me for I couldn't find any sources?
I can remember my dad and I reading Forrest biographies when I was a teenager, and my dad saying the books gave high praise to "Biffle, Dibrell and Starnes." It was almost as if we were discussing the backfield of our favorite football team.Biffle is a good one - he's an example of the type of tough, able officers Forrest was really good at getting! Here is a little bit more information about him.
https://books.google.com/books?id=JMr-8uUU3TsC&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=Colonel+Jacob+Barnett+Biffle&source=bl&ots=DiL7W4Iq_o&sig=t0eroop_W6KQTo6isdVLatH6bTM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAmoVChMIiNbryeWiyAIViiuICh0KtwK-#v=onepage&q=Colonel Jacob Barnett Biffle&f=false
The house they are referring to in that squib is one attached to a funny story. Biffle and Forrest weren't alone in there - it was freezing cold and everybody who could fit in was inside. A scout came in, so cold he almost couldn't get off his horse, with ice in his beard. He came in and saw the place full but there was one guy asleep by the fireplace by himself. The scout stumped up and kicked him. "Make room there!" he growled. "I am nearly frozen!" The sleeper rolled over and the scout laid down happily by the fire. A moment later a coat was flung over him by his new bed partner. In the morning, he discovered the guy he'd kicked awake was Forrest!
Some sources have Colonel James Wellborn Starnes as General Starnes. I was under the impression he died at Winchester as a Colonel. He is one that is worthy of doing, good one TerryB.I can remember my dad and I reading Forrest biographies when I was a teenager, and my dad saying the books gave high praise to "Biffle, Dibrell and Starnes." It was almost as if we were discussing the backfield of our favorite football team.
I'm glad Diane was able to add something about him. He does seem to have been obscure, and I doubt he ever made general.Some sources have Colonel James Wellborn Starnes as General Starnes. I was under the impression he died at Winchester as a Colonel. He is one that is worthy of doing, good one TerryB.
This would be a good place to ask my question about this painting. I was looking at a collection of artwork about Forrest and I wondered who is this officer.
Black Bob McCulloch?
Typree Bell?
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The hand holding the reins on the right is Forrest. I don't have the name of this painting. If I did, then it might help identify where and who this is.
The name of the painting is General Nathan Bedford Forrest & King Philip by Michael GnatekThis would be a good place to ask my question about this painting. I was looking at a collection of artwork about Forrest and I wondered who is this officer.
Black Bob McCulloch?
Typree Bell?
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The hand holding the reins on the right is Forrest. I don't have the name of this painting. If I did, then it might help identify where and who this is.
Correct me if I'm wrong but is the man's insignia of a Colonel?This would be a good place to ask my question about this painting. I was looking at a collection of artwork about Forrest and I wondered who is this officer.
Black Bob McCulloch?
Typree Bell?
View attachment 81093
The hand holding the reins on the right is Forrest. I don't have the name of this painting. If I did, then it might help identify where and who this is.