| Summary: | Color print of Civil War battleground north of Selma, AL. Soldiers on horseback fighting with swords. Confederate flag in background. Divided back postcard.Printed on front: 'General Nathan Bedford Forrest at Bogler's Creek, Alabama'. Printed on back: 'The last personal encounter of the Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, April 1, 1865, at Ebenezer Church on Bogler's Creek, twenty miles North of Selma, Ala., his opponent Capt. Jas. Taylor, 17th Indiana. Post-War railroad building took Gen. Forrest to Arkansas, where one of his camps became Forrest City. The painting was executed by Frederick Ruple at Batesville, Ark. for V.Y. Cook who served in Forrest's Cavalry.', 'Thompson's Community Service, 1220 Chickasaw, Paris, Tennessee, Copyright 1955 JNO. P. Morrow, Jr.', 'Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. American Art" Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)'
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