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To: LeoWindhorse

Was he the Confederate general that was a driving force in the founding of the Ku Klux Klan?


10 posted on 02/11/2011 9:11:00 PM PST by Elsiejay (.)
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To: Elsiejay

He was instrumental in the founding of the Klan but it is not the Klan of today. When the Klan changed direction, he disassociated himself from it. Nathan Bedford Forrest is a Confederate hero.


11 posted on 02/11/2011 9:16:47 PM PST by imfrmdixie (I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves. Ronald Reagan)
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To: Elsiejay

Apparently according to some here he was the driving force behind the Klan, but it was a “kinder, gentler” Klu Klux Klan that only planted roadside flowers, picked up trash, and read newspapers to the residents at the old folks home...;-)


37 posted on 02/12/2011 7:44:53 PM PST by rockrr ("I said that I was scared of you!" - pokie the pretend cowboy)
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