Object Details
Artist
Hughs and Saltsman Studio
Sitter
Nathan Bedford Forrest, 13 Jul 1821 - 29 Oct 1877
John Presley Strange, 26 May 1823 - 17 May 1875
Charles S. Severson, 19th century
John Watson Morton, Jr., 19 Sep 1842 - 20 Nov 1914
Samuel Donelson, 19th century
George Dashiell, 10 Jan 1827 - 20 Feb 1906
Henry P. Pointer, 15 May 1822 - 22 Jun 1892
James Benjamin Cowan, 15 Sep 1831 - 27 Jun 1909
Gilbert Vincent Rambaut, Jr., 13 Feb 1837 - 29 Feb 1896
Exhibition Label
Born Chapel Hill, Tennessee
Nathan Bedford Forrest was born into a poor Tennessee family. When the Civil War began, however, he had become wealthy by trading enslaved people. As a Confederate cavalry officer, he showed tactical brilliance at Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, and Chickamauga, among other battles. He became known as the Wizard of the Saddle. At Fort Pillow, Tennessee, he led his men into a battle against hundreds of Union troops. After many of their African American opponents had tried to surrender, Forrest’s men nevertheless executed approximately 70 percent of them.
Pictured here shortly after the Civil War in civilian clothing are Confederate Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his military staff. Forrest went into the railroad business, ran a plantation, and in 1867 reportedly became the grand wizard of the newly founded Ku Klux Klan.
Nacido en Chapel Hill, Tennessee
Nathan Bedford Forrest provenía de una familia pobre de Tennessee, pero al inicio de la Guerra Civil ya era rico, gracias al comercio de esclavos. Como oficial de caballería confederado, hizo gala de una brillante mente táctica en Ft. Donelson, Vicksburg y Chickamauga, entre otras batallas. Se le conocía como el “mago de la montura”. En Ft. Pillow, Tennessee, lideró a sus hombres contra cientos de soldados de la Unión. Incluso después de que muchos de sus oponentes afroamericanos trataron de rendirse, los hombres de Forrest ejecutaron a cerca de un 70 por ciento de ellos.
Aquí aparecen el brigadier general confederado Nathan Bedford Forrest y sus oficiales en ropa de civil, poco después de la guerra. Forrest se dedicó al negocio de los ferrocarriles, tuvo una plantación y en 1867 se dice que pasó a ser gran mago del recién fundado Ku Klux Klan.
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Date
1865
Object number
NPG.95.90
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image: 9.3cm x 5.4cm (3 11/16" x 2 1/8")
Mount: 10cm x 6.2cm (3 15/16" x 2 7/16")
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Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Goatee
Nathan Bedford Forrest: Male
Nathan Bedford Forrest: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army
Nathan Bedford Forrest: Business and Finance\Natural resources commerce\Agriculturist\Landowner
John Presley Strange: Male
John Presley Strange: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army
Charles S. Severson: Male
Charles S. Severson: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army
John Watson Morton, Jr.: Male
John Watson Morton, Jr.: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army
Samuel Donelson: Male
Samuel Donelson: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army
George Dashiell: Male
George Dashiell: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army
Henry P. Pointer: Male
Henry P. Pointer: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army
James Benjamin Cowan: Male
James Benjamin Cowan: Medicine and Health\Physician\Surgeon
James Benjamin Cowan: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army
James Benjamin Cowan: Military and Intelligence\Army\Army physician\Army surgeon
Gilbert Vincent Rambaut, Jr.: Male
Gilbert Vincent Rambaut, Jr.: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army
Portrait
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Record ID
npg_NPG.95.90