Nathan
Bedford Forrest : A Biography (Vintage Civil War Library) by Jack Hurst
Nathan Bedford Forrest was the only soldier to rise from the rank of
private to general during the U.S. Civil War. At once "a soft-spoken gentleman
of marked placidity and an overbearing bully of homicidal wrath," Forrest
is best remembered for the combination of brilliant military leadership
and flamboyant bravery that drove his Confederate cavalry troops from victory
to victory on the battlefield. His subordinates feared him (he shot those
who turned tail), as did his enemies (he rarely lost a fight). General
Sherman once said that Forrest must be "hunted down and killed if it costs
10,000 lives and bankrupts the [national] treasury." Detractors point out
that Forrest never has been exonerated from the Fort Pillow massacre, in
which many Union soldiers, most of them black, were slaughtered after attempting
to surrender. Following the war, he went on to found the Ku Klux Klan.
Late in life, however, Forrest disavowed racial hatred and called for black
political advancement. Author Jack Hurst has written the essential biography
of a complex and compelling man who was arguably the Civil War's most remarkable
soldier. (Movie trivia: Forrest Gump's mother named her son after this
general.) Amazon.com Paperback - 433 pages Reprint edition (March 1994)
Vintage Books; ISBN: 067974830X
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Bold Dragoon : The Life of J.E.B. Stuart (Vintage Civil War Library) by Emory M. Thomas
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