Nathan Bedford Forrest, your hero, killed 33 U.S. troops, a body count any Islamic terrorist would envy.
Stiffen in southern dust
We got three hundred thousand
Before they conquered us
They died of southern fever
And southern steel and shot
And I wish it was three million
Instead of what we got.
It seems that the man you wish to villify was not entirely alone in his view of Reconstruction. I am sure you can pick phrases out of the Ry Coder version ( I believe he performed it in THe Long Riders) to further villify him and I provide the lyrics to convenience you. Just be careful not to make the Senator Durbin blunder.
Ry cooder - Im a good old rebel lyrics
(traditional, arranged by ry cooder)
Oh, Im a good old rebel Now thats just what I am For this fair land of freedom I do not care a damn. Im glad I fought against it I only wish wed won. And I dont want no pardon For anything Ive done.
I hates the yankee nation And everything they do, I hates the declaration Of independence, too; I hates the glorious union- tis dripping with our blood- And I hates their striped banner, I fought it all I could.
Three hundred thousand yankees Stiffen in southern dust We got three hundred thousand Before they conquered us They died of southern fever And southern steel and shot And I wish it was three million Instead of what we got.
I want to reconstruct it Im better now than then And for that carpet beggar I dont give a damn So Im a forward the frontier Soon as I can go I could bear a weapon And start for mexico
Get on back to your refrigerator, your beer is calling you.
I thought it was 30.
He had 29 horses shot out from under him, prompting him to claim he was "a horse ahead at the end."
Anyway, lots of good men were killed in that war. Not sure it's helpful to compare any of them to Muslim suicide bombers.