>>49966731Might as well post a capable general
>"General William Tecumseh Sherman once wrote to Secretary of War Stanton: 'Forrest is the very devil, If we must sacrifice 10,000 lives and bankrupt the Federal Treasury, it will be worth it. There will never be peace in Tennessee till Forrest is dead.'"Sherman sent 4 successively larger armies after Forrest, he beat each one.
Started as a private and worked his way up to a general. When asked who the best was after surrendering at Appomattox, Robert E. Lee answered Nathan Bedford Forrest, without hesitation.
Arguably the best, true, military genius America ever produced; certainly the most underrated.