Except, of course, Forrest never said it. Although uneducated and not given to writing, Forrest was not the ignorant hillbilly he has been portrayed as and he has been misquoted throughout history. What he said was, his Civil War campaigns were successful because he "Got there first with the most men."
WOW! You are a thread crawler. What wouldn't I give to be back, just to Nov, 2004, not to mention back to Nathan Forest's time. Or how about 6 months ago? No, that was lousy then too.
Well, regardless of his exact words, it is still good advice.
I love these blasts from the past on FR.
So happy new year, hootowl!