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Re: brother to Nathan Bedford Forrest

Linda --

Never thought this was much of a mystery. There are many good Forrest biographies, all mentioning the tragic death of Col. Jeffrey Forrest at Okolona --

http://www.geocities.com/scv323/SCVindex.html

Forrest's Cavalry Regiment was broken up afterwards, part of the regiment forming the 11th Alabama Cavalry. The remainder was assigned to Newsom's 18th Tennessee Cavalry --

http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csacav/csa18cav.html

In this oversized image it's easy to see the family resemblance.

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