To: Homer_J_Simpson
Continued from July 23 (reply #69)
Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst
82 posted on
07/25/2021 7:15:44 AM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
"Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst""...I desire to enlist five hundred able-bodied men, mounted and equipped with such arms as they can procure (shot-guns and pistols preferable), suitable to the service..."
My great grandfather will meet Forrest's men in battle twice, the first time in the lead-up to Vicksburg, the second at Tupelo.
87 posted on
07/25/2021 10:42:34 AM PDT by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective...)
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