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It’s true Forrest was a slave trader and Klansman, but he was also one of the most brilliant generals of the Civil War.

Remember Irwin Rommel, the Desert Fox "Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book?" Rommel studied Forrest's ideas and uses of mobile artillery.

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He testified to Congress that he was never a member of the Klan, and there are no photos of him wearing klan robes.

After the war he was an advocate of civil rights for blacks.