Catharine (Tennessee)

Catharine
Bornc. 1835
Likely Tennessee
Other namesCath Forrest, Catherine Forrest
ChildrenThomas (b. August 1853), possibly Narcissa Forrest (b. c. 1857)

Catharine (born c. 1835?) was an enslaved woman of Tennessee in the United States who may have been associated with slave trader and Confederate cavalry commander Nathan Bedford Forrest. Her life is poorly documented, and she could be a propagandistic fiction. She is known primarily from one unsigned anti-Forrest newspaper article that appeared in the wake of the Battle of Fort Pillow,[1] but there are two,[2][3][4] possibly three,[5] other sources that may at least confirm her existence.

  1. ^ "The Butcher Forrest and His Family: All of them Slave Drivers and Woman Whippers". Chicago Tribune. Vol. XVII, no. 293. Chicago, Illinois. May 4, 1864. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-12-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hurst 1993 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Memphis City Directories, 1849–1943". search.register.shelby.tn.us. Retrieved 2023-12-04.