Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-06-20

GENERAL FoRRrsT-Ihis notorious rebel /
thus described in a ettet from vck,burg:
Forrest is man Of large frame, but unlk
the giant proportions be bore UPON entering IN,
service be ttlll stands upward Of Elk fett il
height, aud before the war was stout in proportion
with hair back asa raven. Ills weigh. now
should Judge to be sbou, one hundred and lift,
| pounds. lie still has black moustsche and chif
whsker but his hair, 40 black before The war, i,
now very grayi bis movements are quick a1c
nervous sees quickly all that is gong on aboul
/ him, and appears to be in constant dread hi,
countena' ce depicts much suxely Of mind, anu
his eye denotes the hrnd for which bis mode oil
warfare has ever characterized him bis dress i,
a new suit Of cit.sens gray. He i. accompanied
by none Of his staff, a poor deluded negro, WHO
has been with him since the war began, being hi.
only escort
The following i, Forests account Of the Fort
Pillow bu cuery. After few preliminary que..
lions, the correspondent said
"Now that you have time General, do you
hiuk you will ever put upon paper the true ac-
count Of the Fort Pulow affair "
"Well, iaid hv, d" the Yankees ought to know
they sent down their best uen 10 Investigate the
atf,lf."
" Blu, are we to believe their report, General"
4" Yes L We are to believe anything Niger
says When went 10 The war, meant to light.
Fighting means killing. | have lost ;wenty-nlne
horses IN the war, aud have Killed man each
time The other day was horse ahead, but at
Selma they surrounded me aud | killed two
jumped my horse o,era one-horse wagon and got
away" began to thiuk had some idea Of the
man at last. lie couIinued My Provost Mar.
shal's b ek will show that have taken thirty one
thousand prisoners during the war. At Fort
Pillow | seLt u dag Of truce and demanded an
unconditional surrender or | would not answer Tor
my meu. Ihis they refused. seut them anottef
note, giving them but one hour to determine.
Ibis they refused. could sec the river boats
loaded with troops. Ihey ,ent blok, asking Tor
an hour more. gave them twenty minutes.
at on my horse during the whole time. The
Tort was filed With niggers aud d,seften from
our army men Who lived side by siie with my
men. waited five minutes after the time, aud
then blew my buge Tor The charge. Ia twenty
minutes my m'n were over their works, and the
firing had ceased. The citizens and Yankees had
broken in the heads Of whisky and lager beer
barrels, and were al drunk. lhey kept up frag
ell The time as they went down The bill. Hundred,
Of them rushed 10 the river aud tried to swim to
the guaboa,', and my men sho, hem down. The
Mississippi river was red with their blood ur
three huudred yards. Daring all this their flag
WAS still tying, and rlsnvd over the works and
cut the na srd, aad let it down, aud then stopped
The Fight Many Of the Yankees we're 10 tents,
in front, aud they were in their way, a, they con.
oa,ed my men, and soms Of them set them on
tire II any wete burned 10 IeAth /, was in tuose
tents. Tuty have a living witness in Cappa
Young, heir QIArtetmAster, who i, still alive,
aud will leave It to any prisoner have tygr
taken il have not treated them we'll.