Draggingtree Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 That Devil Forrest: Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest John Allan Wyeth 4.10 382 ratings21 reviews Nathan Bedford Forrest was one of twelve children, born to a poor blacksmith and his wife in Bedford County, Tennessee. Yet, despite these humble origins he would go on to become one of the most innovative cavalry leaders America has ever seen. His enemies respected him and his Southern compatriots admired him. Both General Johnston and General Sherman agreed that he was “the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side.” While Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, in their postwar memoirs, stated that the tide of the war might have been changed had the Confederate high command better used Forrest’s talents. John A. Wyeth’s brilliant biography of Forrest fully captures this fascinating general and his actions throughout the war. From his brilliant campaigns at Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Brice’s Crossroads to his more controversial moments, for example at the Battle of Fort Pillow where many Union prisoners were slaughtered, Wyeth examines every part of Forrest’s career in precise detail. Show more Genres Civil War History Biography American Civil War Nonfiction American History Military Fiction ...more 586 pages, Kindle Edition First published January 1, 1899 About the author John Allan Wyeth 24 books1 follower Follow Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.John Allan Wyeth served as a private in the Confederate cavalry until his capture two weeks after Chickamauga. After the war he After the war he studied at the University of Louisville School of Medicine (graduating in 1869) and at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1872 to 1873. He later completed his medical studies in Europe, where he was trained as a surgeon. He was the father of the poet John Allan Wyeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted July 2, 2023 Author Share Posted July 2, 2023 Well here's another Forrest book John R Scales: Battles and Campaigns of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXNyfdb05Pc&t=16s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 From Shiloh to Sapelo: Our Past Remains Unchanged – Abbeville Institute By Mike Brown August 3, 2023 Blog Every day, our modern culture erases more and more reminders from our Nation’s past, however the past remains unaltered. History can be rewritten, monuments and markers removed, and names on buildings, roads, bridges, schools, and even military bases and vessels replaced with different names, BUT the past remains unchanged. Only our interpretation of the past changes. Whether our Nation’s past offends or encourages us today, it took place in the time and circumstances of those who lived it and shaped it. The good or harm we perceive from the events in our Nation’s history is a healthy discussion we should be free to engage in, but first we should acknowledge that our current society is a product of our past. We should take care when picking what portions of history to erase or alter. This is the discussion I dove into after I first wrote my historical novel. Author-friends questioned my decision to publish a story that involves enslaved workers on Southern plantations at the breakout of the Civil War. But, sometimes a story comes to light from a controversial period in our Nation’s history that outweighs any risk in writing it. https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/from-shiloh-to-sapelo-our-past-remains-unchanged/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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