Editing Nathan Bedford Forrest (section)

===Shiloh and Murfreesboro===
A month later, Forrest was back in action at the [[Battle of Shiloh]], fought April 6–7, 1862. After the U.S. victory, Forrest commanded a Confederate [[rear guard]]. In the battle of [[Battle of Shiloh#Fallen Timbers, April 8|Fallen Timbers]], he drove through the U.S. [[skirmish line]]. Not realizing that the rest of his men had halted their charge when they reached the full U.S. brigade, Forrest charged the brigade alone and soon found himself surrounded. He emptied his Colt Army revolvers into the swirling mass of U.S. Army soldiers and pulled out his saber, hacking, and slashing. A U.S. [[infantryman]] on the ground beside Forrest fired a musket ball at him with a point-blank shot, nearly knocking him out of the saddle. The ball went through Forrest's pelvis and lodged near his spine. A surgeon removed the musket ball a week later without anesthesia, which was unavailable.{{sfn|Welsh|1999|p=70}}<ref name="Isbell2007">{{cite book|author=Timothy T. Isbell|title=Shiloh and Corinth: Sentinels of Stone|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqd19sm_br0C&pg=PA108|year=2007|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-61703-435-0|page=108|access-date=April 14, 2018|archive-date=May 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509171051/https://books.google.com/books?id=iqd19sm_br0C&pg=PA108#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>

By early summer, Forrest commanded a new brigade of inexperienced cavalry regiments. He led them into Middle Tennessee in July under orders to launch a cavalry raid. On July 13, 1862, he led them into the [[First Battle of Murfreesboro]], as a result of which all of the U.S. units surrendered to Forrest. The Confederates destroyed much of the U.S. Army's supplies and railroad tracks in the area.{{sfn|Boatner III|1988|p=289}}