Mystery of the Bizarre Statue - Solved

There's a statue south of Nashville to the east of I-65.  As you whiz by at 70 mph, it's hard to get a good look at it - but you see enough to know that there's something 'just not right' about it.  Here's a picture taken by someone who labels it as the 14th ugliest statue in the world. 

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If you can get near the private property where it's located, it looks like this.  Yikes!

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The statue is of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.  He also has the 'great' distinction of being the first Grand Wizard of the KKK.

Patrick R. on yelp.com says it better than I ever could:

The Nathan Bedford Forrest Memorial...is probably Nashville's most appalling landmark. And I'm not only saying that because of the historical and racial implications--it's also aesthetically atrocious.

Forrest, who is best known for his work as a general with the Confederate Army and his role as "Imperial Wizard" of the KKK in the years following the Civil War, is depicted in this statue as a ghastly, screaming dwarf.  The horse on which Forrest rides makes the general look like a nine-year-old with a radically contorted face wearing a false beard and a skirt.