As well you should be. The myth of the South has been taught many times to those in the north, to the extent it has been accepted as gospel.
Listen to "Southern Man" by Neil Young. Try "Texas Love Song" by Elton John. Those were my images of the South when I moved from Washington state in 1983 to Texas.
I was immensely pleased to find out it was total bullshit.
Folks like crim are still stuck in the myth. They have no real knowledge of what the heritage of the South actually is. They believe that the north and south fought the Civil War over slavery - notwithstanding Lincoln's pronouncements on blacks and slavery, or the fact that the Emancipation Proclamation left northern slaves in chains, and was merely a wartime weapon against the South.
To the OP, thanks for some insight on Nathan Bedford Forrest I never had and never dreamed existed.
So glad to hear you have moved from myth to facts and although it’s somewhat late - WELCOME Friend, sit down and stay a spell ! !
Snoot ;o)