(12-23-2017 12:18 PM)58-56 Wrote:  

(12-23-2017 10:24 AM)bullet Wrote:  Forrest is famous for being perhaps the greatest cavalry officer of all time.

The slaughter was awful. Words cannot describe the scene. The poor, deluded, negroes would run up to our men, fall upon their knees, and with uplifted hands scream for mercy, but they were ordered to their feet and then shot down. I, with several others, tried to stop the butchery, and at one time had partially succeeded, but General Forrest ordered them shot down like dogs and the carnage continued. Finally our men became sick of blood and the firing ceased.
- Achilles Clark, 20th Tennessee Cavalry

That's some heritage to take pride in right there.

This is a topic of great debate. Cherry picking a quote from one author is useless. I can promise you I have known historians much more learned than you on the topic and they are unclear as to the truth. There was quite a bit of post war propaganda for various political reasons.

I don't give a shite whether the statue is moved either way. I do know political grandstanding when I see it.