The equestrian statue of him in (former Forrest Park) Medical Sciences Park in Memphis attracted 30,000 people to its dedication in 1904.
It’s a huge brass figure of Forrest on his horse, and was brought over to Memphis by boat a couple of years after a fundraising drive raised the money to commission a Frenchman to sculpt it (I forgot the number, but it was tens of thousands of dollars).
It’s the most magnificent monument in Memphis, in artistic terms.
A couple of years ago I noticed the local (Memphis) Commercial Appeal newspaper web site had a feature section on the monuments of Memphis. The Forrest monument was the only one that wasn’t shown, even though some of the monuments were small brass plaques.
my great uncle rode with Forest in the 5th Miss cav