Nathan Bedford Forrest Boyhood Home | |
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| Nearest city | Chapel Hill, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 35°38′25″N86°45′2″W / 35.64028°N 86.75056°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1820s |
| NRHP reference No. | 77001280 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 13, 1977 |
The Nathan Bedford Forrest Boyhood Home is a historic log house in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, U.S.. It was the childhood home of Confederate General and Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest from 1830 to 1833. It is owned by the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
The log house was initially built by W.S. Mayfield in the 1820s. [2] When it was acquired by William Forrest, Nathan Bedford Forrest's father, in 1830, the house was significantly extended. [2] Although Forrest was born in another house, he lived in this house with his parents from 1830 to 1833, and it is "the only home still existing associated with Forrest" in Tennessee. [2] Forrest later served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War of 1861–1865. [2] Meanwhile, the house was purchased by Stephen W. Rainey in 1833. [2] It remained a private home for the next four decades. [3]
The house was acquired by the state of Tennessee in the 1970s. [3] Since 1997, it belongs to the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV). [3] As of 2017, the "caretaker" of the house is Gene Andrews, a resident of Nashville, Tennessee and a member of the SCV. [3] The house may still be used for "Civil War re-enactments, music and lectures". [3] Moreover, it was the location of the music video for Josephine by Joey + Rory. [3] However, the house is locked behind a "black metal gate". [3]
The house is "highly representative" of Tennessee's vernacular architecture in the 1820s and 1830s. [2] Indeed, "While most houses in the more settled sections of the state in the 1820s were brick or frame, the farmer or craftsman of the rural areas was still likely to build with logs. Often when prosperity increased, rather than build a new and more imposing house, improvements and additions were made to the log structure." [2]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 13, 1977. [4]
Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Confederate Army general during the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan from 1867 to 1869. Before the war, Forrest amassed substantial wealth as a cotton plantation owner, horse and cattle trader, real estate broker, and slave trader. In June 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate Army and became one of the few soldiers during the war to enlist as a private and be promoted to general without any prior military training. An expert cavalry leader, Forrest was given command of a corps and established new doctrines for mobile forces, earning the nickname "The Wizard of the Saddle". He used his cavalry troops as mounted infantry and often deployed artillery as the lead in battle, thus helping to "revolutionize cavalry tactics", although the Confederate high command is seen by some commentators to have underappreciated his talents. While scholars generally acknowledge Forrest's skills and acumen as a cavalry leader and military strategist, he is a controversial figure in U.S. history for his role in the massacre of several hundred U.S. Army soldiers at Fort Pillow, a majority of them black, coupled with his role following the war as a leader of the Klan.
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