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Memphis City Council unanimously votes to dig up Confederate general, wife
Story by Joe Newby
Late Tuesday,
the Memphis, Tennessee, City Council voted unanimously to dig up the remains of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest
and his wife, Talking Points Memo reported Wednesday. The council also voted to remove a statue placed in Forrest's honor.
The move came after Mayor A.C. Wharton called for the bodies to be dug up and relocated.
Tuesday's
vote is not the end of the story, however. According to WREG, the Chancery Court would also have to approve the removal of
the remains and Forrest's family would also be involved in the decision.
Forrest and his wife
are currently buried beneath a statute honoring the general in a park which had been named after him until two years ago.
The park is now known as Memphis' Health Sciences Park.
