Nathan Bedford Forrest
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Nathan Bedford Forrest

  1. 560 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

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

  1. Front Cover
  2. FOREWORD
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  4. Chapter One: A HEART THAT KNEW NO FEAR
  5. Chapter Two: YOUNGBLOODS OF THE SOUTH
  6. Chapter Three: ALL THE LANDSCAPE WAS RED
  7. Chapter Four: ON FIERY-FOOTED STEEDS
  8. Chapter Five: THE WIZARD OF THE SADDLE
  9. Chapter Six: THE HAUNTED BLUFFS OF DOVER
  10. Chapter Seven: ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR
  11. Chapter Eight: ACROSS THE TERRIBLE FIELD
  12. Chapter Nine: MY VOICE IS IN MY SWORD
  13. Chapter Ten: NO BEAST SO FIERCE
  14. Chapter Eleven: THEN FALL LIKE A THUNDERBOLT
  15. Chapter Twelve: ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH
  16. Chapter Thirteen: THAT DEVIL FORREST
  17. Chapter Fourteen: INTO THE MOUTH OF HELL
  18. Chapter Fifteen: LET THE BAND PLAY "DIXIE"
  19. Chapter Sixteen: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
  20. Chapter Seventeen: HE WAS, MOST VERILY, NATURE'S SOLDIER
  21. AFTERWORD
  22. NOTES
  23. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  24. INDEX