The Prattville Dragoons commissioned a beautiful bronze bust of General Nathan Bedford Forrest thru Monuments Across Dixie and had been awaiting the completion of the SCV National Museum at historic Elm Springs in Columbia TN to donate the bust for display there. As part of the recent Pilgrimage and Confederate Memorial Service at Elm Springs on May 7, 2022, the bust was delivered to SCV Executive Director Adam Southern and placed in a display case in the exhibit hall of the museum along with a print and map of the Battle of Fallen Timbers of April 8, 1862 where Forrest, acting as a rearguard for General Breckenridge, charged the forces of Union General Sherman causing them to flee and allowing the Confederate forces to escape. The display includes a vest worn by General Forrest. This bust and the Forrest Battle of Fallen Timbers case is a part of many educational displays at the 18500 sq ft museum dedicated to providing the true history of the War Between the States, the War for Southern Independence.
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