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American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
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American Civil War
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to war was a dispute over whether slavery should be permitted to expand into the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Confederate States Army general and Ku Klux Klan leader (1821–1877)
Nathan Bedford Forrest was an American slave trader, active in the lower Mississippi River valley, who served as a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. Forrest was elected to lead the post-Civil War Reconstruction-era Ku Klux Klan as its first and only…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Gainesville, Alabama
Town in Alabama, United States
Gainesville is a town in Sumter County, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1832, it was incorporated in 1835. At the 2010 census the population was 208, down from 220. Confederate Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest surrendered his men near Gainesville on May 19, 1865, at…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)