
- 560 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
About this book
This Civil War biography sheds new light on the life of the legendary Confederate general before, during, and after the conflict that defined his legacy.
Shelby Foote called Nathan Bedford Forrest one of the most authentic geniuses produced by the American Civil War, and Ulysses S. Grant said that Forrest was the only Confederate cavalry leader he feared. Sherman wanted him killed even if doing so broke the broke the Federal treasury and cost ten thousand lives.
Arguably the best cavalry leader of the Civil War and undoubtedly one of the greatest in the history of mounted warfare, Nathan Bedford Forrest has been acclaimed and vilified, revered and hated, and still he is a man whose life defies categorization.
This in-depth biography goes beyond Forrest's war exploits. Here, historians Eddy W. Davison and Daniel Foxx depict a man as complex, brilliant, revolutionary, and tragic as the times in which he lived. In addition to revealing details about his childhood, marriage, and life as a businessman and civic leader, this comprehensive biography explains the alleged massacre at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, and the reasons for Forrest's leadership in the Ku Klux Klan.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Chapter One: A HEART THAT KNEW NO FEAR
- Chapter Two: YOUNGBLOODS OF THE SOUTH
- Chapter Three: ALL THE LANDSCAPE WAS RED
- Chapter Four: ON FIERY-FOOTED STEEDS
- Chapter Five: THE WIZARD OF THE SADDLE
- Chapter Six: THE HAUNTED BLUFFS OF DOVER
- Chapter Seven: ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR
- Chapter Eight: ACROSS THE TERRIBLE FIELD
- Chapter Nine: MY VOICE IS IN MY SWORD
- Chapter Ten: NO BEAST SO FIERCE
- Chapter Eleven: THEN FALL LIKE A THUNDERBOLT
- Chapter Twelve: ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH
- Chapter Thirteen: THAT DEVIL FORREST
- Chapter Fourteen: INTO THE MOUTH OF HELL
- Chapter Fifteen: LET THE BAND PLAY "DIXIE"
- Chapter Sixteen: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
- Chapter Seventeen: HE WAS, MOST VERILY, NATURE'S SOLDIER
- AFTERWORD
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX