Why was Nathan Bedford Forrest promoted to lieutenant general near the end of the Civil War?

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Nathan Bedford Forrest was promoted to lieutenant general following his actions during the Franklin-Nashville campaign in late 1864, specifically for his role in conducting a stubborn rearguard action to cover the retreat of the broken Confederate Army of Tennessee after the Battle of Nashville.1