I found this photo of General Forrest in the Gilmer family album along with photos of a number of my great-great grandfather Robert Gilmer's comrades at arms from the 4th Iowa Cavalry. Forrest's name is written faintly in pencil under the frame. The photo's presence in the album gives confirmation to the story that Lt. Gilmer's company chased Forrest out of Memphis on that foggy August morning in 1864. Robert Gilmer seems to have been proud of that exploit. One pictures him sitting on his porch in Burrough Valley with the album in hand telling friends and family the story of that fateful morning.
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