A man I would gladly have followed into battle.
A man I would gladly have followed into battle.
Not me, he was libel to get you killed to the point where one of his own men tried to kill him for that very tendency.
What was Forrest famous quote about it?
"No man kills me and lives to tell the tale."
It would have been real interesting to have travelled alongside him when he went to Texas circa late 1835-early 1836 to join in the fight for Texian Independence from Mexico.
He reportedly arrived after that war had already been won, but speedier transportation or a change of a few details of history by a few months might have offered us a very different perspective on Young Mr. Forrest.