But let’s go ahead and see what Foote has to say: Shelby Foote, The Civil War, a Narrative: Red River to Appomattox (New York: Vintage, 1986), 110
“Some kept going, right into the river, where a number drowned and the swimmers became targets for marksmen on the bluff. Others, dropping their guns in terror, ran back toward the Confederates with their hands up, and of these some were spared as prisoners, while others were shot down in the act of surrender.”
Its telling what you didn’t ‘copy’ from the same page.
Many of us actually own the three volume ‘narrative’. You can pull that with others, but not with me.
Try pulling this like I did: http://dabcc.nmsu.edu/info/labs/lab85/chicagop.pdf
It is a white paper written by Ned Bishop citing eight sources that include Foote and Forrest himself.
Forrest was a crude tyrant, a hot head, a Black (other than slave) hater, who was never accepted by other Confederate gentlemen officers. He led by his command presence and force of personality. He was uneducated in military tactics, administrative leadership skills.
Bloodthirstiness was his only qualification. He was a man for his times.
Then there was the battle at Brice's Cross Roads. Another day.