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Not to mention the fact that the US Army wanted Nathan Bedford Forrest to command troops during the Spanish American War, owing to the fact that he (Forrest) was a excellent tactical leader. He declined the offer.

So you see the South wasn't fighting to be racist, there was far more at stake there.

"Get there first with the most!" - General Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA.

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Not to mention the fact that the US Army wanted Nathan Bedford Forrest to command troops during the Spanish American War,

Are you really sure of that?

Before you answer, you might want to check when Forrest died, and google up when the Spanish American war was fought, and then perhaps you can explain why you think the US Army would want to give command to a corpse that had been buried for over 20 years.

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Not to mention the fact that the US Army wanted Nathan Bedford Forrest to command troops during the Spanish American War, owing to the fact that he (Forrest) was a excellent tactical leader. He declined the offer.

Are you sure about this? Forrest died in 1877.

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Not to mention the fact that the US Army wanted Nathan Bedford Forrest to command troops during the Spanish American War, owing to the fact that he (Forrest) was a excellent tactical leader. He declined the offer.

Forrest had been dead for 21 years. I doubt that he commented on the offer one way or another.