Nathan Bedford Forrest can be found in Memphis, Tennessee, ironicly enough near that city's *Union Street, where the general's memorial is located.
Descendents of that great man's stature might be expected to offer some of the leadership, following in his footsteps, and so one did, but he was the only son of the only son of of the only son (grand grandson) of that Confederate Lieutenant General, and his sister had two daughters. Therefore the line came to an end with his death in combat in an Air Corps bomber in the skies over Germany, during the Second World War. I do not think his ancestor would be any less proud of him for having faithfully served the flag of the Union, since he served the people of the south just as well, and like his great grandfather, set quite an example for us all to follow.
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Brigadier General, United States Army Air Force
Born at Memphis, Tennessee, April 7, 1905, the son of Nathan Bedford and Mattie Patterson (Patton) Forrest. He was a student at Georgia Tech, 1923-24 and graduated from West Point in 1928. He married Fraces Brassler, November 22, 1930.
He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, 1928, and advanced through the ranks to Brigadier General in November 1942. He was serving as Chief of Staff of the Second Air Force when reported missing-in-action on a bombing mission over Kiel, Germany, on June 13 , 1943. He had lived at 115 West 9th Street, Spokane, Washington. He is buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery.
