A battle from the start
Subtitle: the life of Nathan Bedford Forrest
By: Brian Steel Wills.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 457
ISBN-13: 9780060168322
Subjects: Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877; Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography; Generals -- United States -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations
Description: Sherman called him "That devil, Forrest" and "the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side." Bruce Catton rated him "one of the authentic military geniuses of the whole war." And Grant said, "For the particular kind of warfare which Forrest had carried on neither army could present a more effective officer." Not only does A Battle from the Start describe Forrest's incredible and dramatic feats on the battlefield, it covers his childhood and youth as the oldest son of a poor farmer on the Mississippi frontier, who took over responsibility for the family's survival as a young boy when his father died, and his later move to Memphis, where he became a millionaire in the slave trade. It describes Forrest's life after the war: his acceptance of the defeat of the Southern cause rather than defiant flight to foreign shores, his declining business fortunes, his deteriorating health from a body worn down by the war's rigors, and his premature death. - Jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-445) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Emory M. Thomas; title: Introduction : Git thar fustest with the mostest; title: Young Bedford; title: The making of a planter; title: A chance for active service; title: Riders on the storm; title: Charge them both ways; title: A streight bluff; title: Nothing to bragg about; title: The war hits home; title: War means fighting, and fighting means killing; title: Forrest's finest moment; title: There will never be peace in Tennessee; title: Making havoc among the gunboats; title: Advancing and retreating with Hood; title: I'm a-going home; title: Home is where the hearth was; title: Completely used up; title: Epilogue : A statue in Memphis