Nathan Bedford Forrest is by far the most controversial figure in Tennessee history. That's why a statue of him was removed from the hallway of the Tennessee State Capitol, and why his remains were ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee sent a letter today to members of the Tennessee Historical Commission in support of removing the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A state lawmaker says he is seeking to have the legislature do away with a day honoring Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan member Nathan Bedford Forrest. Democratic ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After more than two decades, the controversial Nathan Bedford Forrest statue along Interstate 65 has been removed. This comes one year after Bill Dorris — the statue owner and the ...

State officials removed the sculpture of confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader, Nathan Bedford Forrest, from the State Capitol in Nashville and sent it to the Tennessee State Museum. By ...

Tennessee State Representative GA Hardaway said Govorner Bill Lee should have taken a stand against the Nathan Bedford Forrest Day proclamation. Hardaway told us over the phone from D.C., members of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Davidson County residents want an investigation into the removal of a Nathan Bedford Forrest statue in Memphis. RELATED: Confederate statues taken down in Memphis parks The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Members of the Tennessee ...

People of Tennessee, let's talk frankly about Nathan Bedford Forrest. Here's the thing. At best, he was a man of his times — savvy businessman, genius military leader, social club connoisseur and ...

This story is part of The Confederate Reckoning, a collaborative project of USA TODAY Network newsrooms across the South to critically examine the legacy of the Confederacy and its influence on ...

If you ever try to interfere with me or cross my path again, you do so at the peril of your life. – Bob Dylan, "Floater" In the damp spring of 1863 just outside Rome, Georgia, 450 Confederate ...