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Memorial obelisk atop Pilot Knob at Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park in Benton County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The obelisk, erected in 1930-1931, has engravings on each side which read:
The cannon at the base of the monument is aimed at the site of Old Johnsonville, on the other side of the river.
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Brian Stansberry (photographer)
NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST (side 1)
COMMEMORATING THE CAPTURE
OF FEDERAL GUNBOATS
BY FORREST'S CAVALRY DURING THE
JOHNSONVILLE EXPEDITION
NOVEMBER 4, 1864 (side 2)
ERECTED BY
MONUMENT AND MEMORIAL
COMMISSION AND DIVISION
OF HISTORY
STATE OF TENNESSEE 1930 (side 3)
"FAITH IS THE DUTY OF THE HOUR."
N.B. FORREST, MAJOR-GENERAL
TO
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL
RICHARD TAYLOR,
NOVEMBER 12, 1864. (side 4)
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