Forrest was also cleared by a U.S. House investigating comittee after the war. And while he was elected the first Grand Wizard of the Klan, he also ordered its disbandment and the destruction of all Klan masks and costumes shortly after the contemptable reconstruction Governor William "Parson" Brownlow left the statehouse.
"War means fightin' and fightin' means killin'".- Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest