Joe, I respect your vast knowledge of the CW but I've no use for Forrest or any other Reb generals. There is a far Higher Authority these men have faced. I can only wonder as to how HE administered that authority.
jmacusa:
"There is a far Higher Authority these men have faced. I can only wonder as to how HE administered that authority." Agreed, but by His standards none of us are worth more than the dirt He made us from, and to which we will all-too-soon return.
Recognizing that, He gave us Word for protection and how much or how sincerely Forrest ever accepted His Word, we don't know.
But I do recommend to you Forrest's own words from July 1875,
"a speech before an organization of black Southerners advocating racial reconciliation, called the Independent Order of Pole-Bearers Association.
At this, his last public appearance...".
Forrest's own words here speak to me of a man who was not only innovative and cunning, but also wise.