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Nathan B. Forrest
Forrest's 2nd West Tennessee Raid - "Cattle Raid"

. . . Recruiting Drive Colonel Bell was sent into West Tennessee to recruit the partisan groups and any men of age who could serve. This was a prime time for recruiting. . . .

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