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391: 252: 317: 244:. As Bancroft described the ads for this site, "Forrest could 'supply all with just such Negroes as they may wish at any time', for, as he added, 'my Brother is constantly making purchases in the border States'. It is supposed that this A. H. Forrest was Aaron H., and that 'my Brother' was the well-known Nathan Bedford Forrest...It seems hardly within the range of possibility that there could have been two A. H. Forrests, each with a great-trader brother. It is much more likely that this firm, buying and selling in special regions, was only a branch of the main business centered in Memphis." In addition to advertising in Vicksburg, Aaron Forrest placed ads for this slave depot in newspapers in the Mississippi state capital, 441: 33: 306: 216: 480:
rebels, under Col. Aaron Forrest, burned up the said cotton, gin-house, and stands; and that this was the only property burned in the neighborhood except the property of his son, J. D. Leflore, and that of his daughter, Rebecca C. Harris; and it is averred that the sole reason why this property was so destroyed was the active Unionism of said Leflore and his family.
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In around 1858, A. H. Forrest & Co. began operating in Vicksburg, Mississippi. According to Forrest biographer Hurst, "For eighteen months or more, that firm—often using the aid of other Forrest brothers—imported sizable 'gangs' of slaves, significant numbers of them from Missouri and evidently
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suit to recover the price of a negro said to be affected with the vice of running away. It was clear to the court that the negro was sold to the plaintiff, at Memphis, on account of his habit of running away. He ran away from the purchaser, and when discovered by the overseer of his new master, ran
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It is further stated in the petition as a basis for a claim against the Government that said Greenwood Leflore had on his plantation on the 15th day of February, 1864, 830 bales of cotton of the then-value of $ 186,750, a gin-house, and two stands, of the value of $ 6,000; and that on that day the
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and commanded by Capt. Aaron Forrest which rendered valuable service. Having lived in the swamp section of the state they were good boatmen and knowing the country they kept the enemy always in view and reported every movement of the enemy. They were fighting for their own homes and their carbines
240:, who was active in St. Louis." In autumn 1859, perhaps to avoid taxes on "transient venders" such as he paid in 1857, Aaron Forrest began advertising that he had a slave depot in a fixed location in Mississippi, namely a site on Mulberry Street, Vicksburg, a block or two inland from the 125:
Aaron Forrest started working for his brother Nathan Bedford Forrest's slave-trading business in or before 1855. That year he was listed as a clerk in the Memphis city directory, and was recorded as a visitor to Shreveport, Louisiana. In 1856, an newspaper ad placed by the jailor of
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During the American Civil War, Aaron Forrest led an independent company of volunteers known as the Sunflower Rangers, which was reportedly organized August 1862. A database of Confederate officers records Aaron H. Forrest as the captain of an unidentified company of the
122:'s five younger brothers were "ideal junior partners" who contributed to a "building a formidable slave-trading operation." Aaron Forrest was described in a highly critical anti-Forrest article of 1864 as "general agent and soul driver" for the business. 535:
Hurst's biography published 1993 states that on April 13, 1864, "Forrest was arriving at Jackson to find his brother Aaron, lieutenant colonel of a Mississippi cavalry regiment, dead of pneumonia contracted three weeks earlier during the first Paducah
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during the same expedition, the Sunflower Rangers were apparently startled to discover that Yankees would set foot in their swamp; a skirmish resulted in six Confederate deaths, three injuries, 15 taken prisoner, and some number of captured horses.
285:'s cargo, and were all that were sold in Memphis and all in fact which have been there. These statements were corroborated by reliable gentlemen, residents of Memphis, and personal friends of mine. I have no hesitancy in affirming their truth." 390: 531:
stated, "Aaron Forrest, the fourth son, became a lieutenant-colonel of a Mississippi regiment of cavalry, and in the expedition to Paducah, Kentucky, in 1864, was taken ill with pneumonia, and died near Dresden, in west
421:'s men off their boats and their bullets, entering through portholes of the gunboats, slew some of their gunners. Some of Capt. Forrest's men may be living today and are proud of the record for service that they made." 171:, located at the mouth of the Mississippi River, as "mistress of the trade" and "the trader's paradise." Aaron Forrest was apparently not unfamiliar with the city, as in January 1858, he was a registered guest of the 262:
The conspicuous advertisement of 1860 that promised "African slave trade reopened" may be a winking reference to Nathan Bedford Forrest's involvement in the criminal trafficking of slaves from Africa on the
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Two Civil War-era advertisements related to three lost and found enslaved men (Jim, Jeff, and Toney) who had been legally owned by Aaron Forrest hint that he owned or managed plantations near in
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In May 1864 a long newspaper account written by one "G. W. A." (who was seemingly attached to N. B. Forrest's command) reported "Col. Aaron Forrest died, while at Trenton, of typhoid fever."
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Receipt dated September 1863, acknowledging $ 2,000 issued to T.K. Nelson, Quartermaster, Captain A. H. Forrest's Company of Sunflower Rangers (Rosemonde E. & Emile Kuntz collection,
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On February 9, 1864, Nathan Bedford Forrest reported to his commanders that Aaron Forrest "is on the Yazoo River with one regiment fighting gunboats and transports."
572: 352: 1713: 1598:. The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Nashville, Tenn.: Press of the Brandon Printing Company. pp. 382–948 – via 316: 1738: 277:'s cargo had been brought to that place last Spring and Sold by Forest & Co., Slave-dealers...At Memphis, I was informed at the negro depot of 440: 1579: 1558: 1521: 1391: 567: 107:. He may have also owned or managed cotton plantations in Mississippi. He led a Confederate cavalry unit composed of volunteers from the 1629:
American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: (1817–1899) S. Rep. No. 314, 43d Cong., 1st Sess. (1874)
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In late April 1864, newspapers of Memphis, Tennessee and Macon, Georgia reported that Aaron Forrest died near and was buried at
386:, organized as independent cavalry 9 August 1862. Captain: A. H. Farrar. Lieutenants: S. H. Rogers, F. W. Goff, D. C. Portwood." 1723: 305: 1382: 551: 176: 159: 413: 383: 335: 1173: 919: 894: 857: 792: 742: 667: 1640: 1225: 820: 692: 638: 1324: 1299: 395: 376: 339: 327: 1687: 1077: 500:
Sources generally agree that Aaron Forrest died in April 1864, but conflict on specific location and cause of death.
1274: 289: 181: 143: 142:, on or around April 30, 1856. For the fiscal year 1857, as a "transient vender" A. H. Forrest paid extra taxes to 237: 206:
directly into the Mississippi river and was drowned. Judgment of the lower court therefore avoided and reverted."
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According to a compensation request filed with the U.S. government, Aaron Forrest and company burned cotton and
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contain a letter dated April 15, 1864 that reported "Colonel Aaron Forrest, brother of the general, died at
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that 7 Africans had been sold there last Spring by one Forest, (Hill's predecessor). These were of the
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Years after the war was over a veteran told a story of Forrest's company lying in wait to engage the
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stated that, according to a "quite intelligent" enslaved man named Frank, Aaron Forrest lived in
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region of Mississippi during the American Civil War. He died in 1864, apparently from illness.
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that they thought were U.S. troops approaching from their rear. During an encounter with the
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Under the heading "VARIOUS COMPANIES, STATE TROOPS" describes "Sunflower Rangers, of
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W. S. Miller, appellant. No. 6072. Appeal from the Tenth Judicial District Court,
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in New Orleans. In April 1858, A. H. Forrest was a registered guest of the
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In March 1864, troops led by Capt. A. Forrest were involved in defending
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Map of the area surrounding Vicksburg in 1862, including railroad lines,
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reported on a case involving the Forrest brothers that had come to the
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The Prairie Boys Go to War: The Fifth Illinois Cavalry, 1861–1865
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There are no records for A. H. Forrest & Co. slave sales in
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The Yazoo Pass Expedition: A Union Thrust into the Delta
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United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861–1865
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An 1899 biography of Nathan Bedford Forrest written by
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American slave trader, Confederate officer (~1828–1864)
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Post-1808 importation of slaves to the United States
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Part V: Military History of Mississippi (1803–1898)
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A." 793:"Arrivals at Principal Hotels, Yesterday" 1135: 1069:Local Designations of Confederate Troops 881: 134:, bought people in (among other places) 1159: 1147: 625: 613: 584: 408:newspaper article by W. F. Hamilton of 1642:Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest 193:N. B. & A. H. Forrest, appellees, 1359: 1347: 1197: 1172:Hamilton, W. F. (December 13, 1908). 1110: 1108: 1029: 992: 980: 844: 821:"The Courts: Supreme Court Decisions" 568:Mississippi in the American Civil War 146:(county seat, Vicksburg) on sales of 7: 1099: 943: 375:' report at time of Federal raid to 1714:19th-century American slave traders 1514:Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography 1568:McCluney, Larry Allen Jr. (2017). 668:"Arrivals at the Commercial Hotel" 363:(1908) has two relevant entries: 14: 1618:. Memphis, Tenn.: Rhodes College. 547:History of slavery in Mississippi 1739:Confederate States Army officers 1681: 1623:U.S. Congress (April 29, 1874), 315: 304: 179:in New Orleans. In May 1859 the 101:slave trade in the United States 1423:The Journal of Southern History 864:. September 28, 1859. p. 2 361:Military History of Mississippi 154:at the Vicksburg post office. 1383:Slave Trading in the Old South 1078:2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t02z1t570 552:List of American slave traders 160:Slave-Trading in the Old South 1: 1516:. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 591:According to the 1860 census 93: 50: 1607:Wall, Austin (Spring 2018). 1417:Davis, Robert Ralph (1971). 1122:– via FamilySearch.org 920:"Forty Likely Young Negroes" 774:. January 5, 1858. p. 8 697:Nashville Union and American 1306:. April 26, 1864. p. 2 963:. March 21, 1860. p. 3 926:. March 21, 1860. p. 2 799:. April 29, 1858. p. 8 749:. March 17, 1858. p. 3 396:Tulane University Libraries 340:LaFlore County, Mississippi 328:Coahoma County, Mississippi 1755: 1232:. March 8, 1864. p. 1 827:. March 9, 1859. p. 2 825:New Orleans Times-Picayune 797:New Orleans Times-Picayune 772:New Orleans Times-Picayune 290:Warren County, Mississippi 182:New Orleans Times-Picayune 144:Warren County, Mississippi 1645:. Harper & Brothers. 1330:. May 13, 1864. p. 1 1178:Memphis Commercial Appeal 899:Semi-Weekly Mississippian 724:. May 15, 1858. p. 3 699:. May 22, 1856. p. 3 448:describes the defense of 238:William H. (Bill) Forrest 136:Nicholas County, Kentucky 128:Dickson County, Tennessee 30: 1616:Rhodes Historical Review 1547:Kohl, Rhonda M. (2013). 1049:. May 4, 1861. p. 4 514:on Thursday night last." 140:Coffeeville, Mississippi 1300:"Colonel A. H. Forrest" 1230:Advertiser and Register 1226:"The Raid on the Yazoo" 1086:– via HathiTrust. 454:Advertiser and Register 410:Carrollton, Mississippi 353:6th Mississippi Cavalry 211:A. H. Forrest & Co. 187:Louisiana Supreme Court 1724:Nathan Bedford Forrest 1574:. Arcadia Publishing. 486:Greenwood, Mississippi 482: 475:on February 15, 1864: 461: 399: 259: 232: 208: 169:New Orleans, Louisiana 167:described the city of 120:Nathan Bedford Forrest 1481:10.1353/cwh.2023.0009 1174:"Memories of the War" 519:Aberdeen, Mississippi 443: 426:Yazoo Pass expedition 417:brought down many of 393: 254: 218: 1690:at Wikimedia Commons 1512:Hurst, Jack (1993). 1328:Memphis Daily Appeal 1304:Memphis Daily Appeal 1275:"Col. A. H. Forrest" 1047:Memphis Daily Appeal 722:Vicksburg Daily Whig 490:Battle of Yazoo City 446:Battle of Yazoo City 434:5th Illinois Cavalry 138:, and had been near 37:"Negroes for Sale", 1459:Huebner, Timothy S. 1279:The Macon Telegraph 334:, in what was then 332:McNutt, Mississippi 221:Big Sunflower River 1378:Bancroft, Frederic 957:"Negroes for Sale" 895:"Negroes for Sale" 462: 400: 346:American Civil War 260: 257:Siege of Vicksburg 233: 163:(1931), historian 152:William H. Forrest 105:American Civil War 1686:Media related to 1637:Wyeth, John Allan 1581:978-1-62585-839-9 1560:978-0-8093-3204-5 1523:978-0-307-78914-3 1501:Project MUSE 1468:Civil War History 1393:978-1-64336-427-8 1116:"Aaron H Forrest" 1102:, pp. 97–98. 1032:, pp. 64–65. 693:"Jailor's Notice" 672:The South-Western 473:Greenwood LeFlore 177:St. Charles Hotel 165:Frederic Bancroft 87: 86: 58:Mississippi, U.S. 1746: 1688:Aaron H. 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Forrest 72:Other names 55: 52: 41:, March 21, 1860 35: 25:Aaron H. 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Index


slave trade in the United States
American Civil War
Yazoo River
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Dickson County, Tennessee
Memphis
Nicholas County, Kentucky
Coffeeville, Mississippi
Warren County, Mississippi
William H. Forrest
Slave-Trading in the Old South
Frederic Bancroft
New Orleans, Louisiana
City Hotel
St. Charles Hotel
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Louisiana Supreme Court
parish of Tensas
redhibitory

Big Sunflower River
McNutt
Yazoo City
William H. (Bill) Forrest
Yazoo River
Jackson

Siege of Vicksburg
Wanderer

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