Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first leader of the Ku Klux Klan,

A. was a former Confederate general who killed African American soldiers at a fort in Tennessee.

B. was a former Union general who killed proslavery Confederate soldiers at a fort in Tennessee.

C. was a former Union general who came to the South for personal gain and was called a “carpetbagger.”

D. was a Republican who had served in Congress and supported Radical Reconstruction policies.