# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nathan-bedford-forrest
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:29:27.808Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/nathan-bedford-forrest"
name: "Nathan Bedford Forrest"
slug: "nathan-bedford-forrest"
description: "Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, noted for his aggressive cavalry tactics and rapid rise from private to general, and later served as the first Grand Wizard of the Reconstruction-era Ku Klux Klan."
tagline: "Confederate States Army general (1821–1877)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nathan_B._Forrest_-_LOCc.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1821-07-13"
deathDate: "1877-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump