Pictured above is Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, recognized by his contemporaries and historians as one of the most aggressive and brilliant military strategists on either side of the War Between the States. When hostilities started, he enlisted as a private and finished the war as a Lieutenant General after repeatedly leading his outnumbered and outgunned troops to one improbable victory after another. In reporting to Congress, Union General William T. Sherman offered this appraisal: “After all, I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side…He had never read a military book in his […]