Editing Nathan Bedford Forrest (section)

===War record and promotions===
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* Enlisted as [[Private (rank)|private]] July 1861. (White's Company "E", Tennessee Mounted Rifles)
* Commissioned as [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|lieutenant colonel]], October 1861 (3rd Tennessee Cavalry)
* Promoted to [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]], February 1862
* [[Battle of Fort Donelson]], February 12–16, 1862
* Wounded at [[Battle of Shiloh]], April 6–8, 1862
* Promoted to [[Brigadier General (CSA)|brigadier general]], July 21, 1862
* [[Battle of Murfreesboro I|First Battle of Murfreesboro]], July 1862
* Raids in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi, early December 1862 – early January 1863
* [[Battle of Day's Gap]], April 30 – May 2, 1863
* Assigned to command [[Forrest's Cavalry Corps]], May 1863
* [[Battle of Chickamauga]], September 18–20, 1863
* Promoted to [[Major General (CSA)|major general]], December 4, 1863
* [[Battle of Paducah]], March 25, 1864
* [[Battle of Fort Pillow]], April 12, 1864
* [[Battle of Brices Crossroads]], June 10, 1864
* [[Battle of Tupelo]], July 14–15, 1864
* Raids in Tennessee, August–October 1864
* [[Battle of Spring Hill]], November 29, 1864
* [[Battle of Franklin II|Battle of Franklin]], November 30, 1864
* [[Third Battle of Murfreesboro]], December 5–7, 1864
* [[Battle of Nashville]], December 15–16, 1864
* Promoted to [[Lieutenant General (CSA)|lieutenant general]], February 28, 1865{{sfn|Eicher|Eicher|2001|p=240}}
* [[Battle of Selma]], April 2, 1865
* Farewell address to his troops, May 9, 1865
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