He is said to have observed that he had 29 horses shot out from under him, and killed 30 Yankees by his own hand, probably a record for General officers in that conflict, very possibly one for all time.
His words on the matter were that I have concluded the war a Yankee ahead....
Those of us who visit his resting place and statue here in Memphis sometimes refer to the bronze mount his sculpture is astride as *Number Thirty*. Curiously, if an apple is left in the vicinity of that steed, it's invariably nibbled upon, often to a fare-thee-well. Cynics try to place the blame on the local squirrels...but just maybe....