• Born near Chapel Hill, Tennessee in 1821
• Was a horse and cattle farmer, and a slave trader before the war
• Enlisted as a Private at the start of the war
• He raised a battalion of Cavalry, and was made Lt. Col.
• Fought in the battle at Fort Donelson in 1862
• Fought in the Battle of Shiloh
• From 1862 through 1863 he executed several successful raids in Union Territory in Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, and Mississippi
• Made Commander of all Cavalry in the Army of Tennessee in 1864
• Won Battles at Fort Pillow and Brices Cross Roads in 1864
• There was controversy over his massacre of Black troops at Fort Pillow
• Was put in command of all Cavalry in Alabama, Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana in 1865
• Made a Lt. General in February of 1865
• Was beaten at the Battle of Selma, Alabama in March of 1865 by General Wilson
• Surrendered in May or 1865
• He lived in Memphis Tennessee on two Plantations after the War
• Became the first leader of the Klu Klux Klan
• Tried to Disband the KKK in 1869 and failed

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