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LTC Aaron H. Forrest Veteran

Birth: 1833
Bedford County, Tennessee, USA
Death: 1864 (aged 30–31)
Dresden, Weakley County, Tennessee, USA
Cenotaph: Elmwood Cemetery

Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 35.1216809, Longitude: -90.0271399
Memorial ID: 8578588 View Source

Capt. Aaron Forrest was a partner with his brothers in the slave trade; he owned A.H. Forrest and Co in Vicksburg, MS in 1858.

He was Captain in the 6th Mississippi Battalion of State Troops. He commanded an operation near Paducah, KY in the spring of 1864 when he was taken ill with pneumonia and died in Dresden, TN.

He has a marker, but the cemetery records do not show him to be buried at Elmwood.

Capt. Aaron Forrest was a partner with his brothers in the slave trade; he owned A.H. Forrest and Co in Vicksburg, MS in 1858.

He was Captain in the 6th Mississippi Battalion of State Troops. He commanded an operation near Paducah, KY in the spring of 1864 when he was taken ill with pneumonia and died in Dresden, TN.

He has a marker, but the cemetery records do not show him to be buried at Elmwood.

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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8578588/aaron_h-forrest: accessed ), memorial page for LTC Aaron H. Forrest (1833–1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8578588, citing Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Patrick Whitney (contributor 47054511).

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