Nathan Bedford Forrest Highway

Photographed by Jim Daniel, circa Jan 2022

1. Nathan Bedford Forrest Highway Marker

Marker was restored in 2022

Inscription. Commemorating famed C.S.A. General whose cavalry rode here & elsewhere in Northeast Mississippi harassing Federals in the last years of the Civil War.

Erected 1962 by Mississippi Historical Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • War, US Civil.

Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 34° 43.899′ N, 88° 55.486′ W. Marker was in Ripley, Mississippi, in Tippah County. It was at the intersection of Dumas Road (Mississippi Route 370) and East Walnut Street ( Route 4), on the right when traveling north on Dumas Road. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Ripley MS 38663, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in the North Mississippi Hills. It was also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it was in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian

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Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Tippah County Confederate Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Tippah County (approx. 1.4 miles away); Maple Hill (approx. 1.4 miles away); William Clark Falkner (approx. 1.4 miles away); Criswell Cemetery (approx. 6.3 miles away); Antioch (approx. 6.6 miles away); Carpenters for Christmas (approx. 6.6 miles away); First in Tippah County (approx. 6.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ripley.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, April 16, 2021

2. Nathan Bedford Forrest Highway Marker

This is the site of the missing marker.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 10, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 23, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 604 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 6, 2022, by Jim Daniel of Saulsbury, Tennessee. 2. submitted on April 23, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.