Download or read book The Campaigns Of General Nathan Bedford Forrest And Of Forrest s Cavalry written by General Thomas Jordan and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1996-08-22 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1861, practically unschooled, without military training or experience, Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821–1877) enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private. Yet by the Civil War's end he was a lieutenant general whose dazzling exploits and bloody victories caused him to be regarded by his Northern opponents as a "devil," by Southerners as a living legend, and by historians as the greatest cavalry commander and one of the few authentic military geniuses produced by the war. His spectacular, unparalleled career has intrigued generations of Civil War scholars and enthusiasts. Subsequent biographies or studies of him have never totally superseded The Campaigns of General Nathan Bedford Forrest (1868) by General Thomas Jordan (West Pointer and chief of staff to Generals Beauregard, Albert Sidney Johnston, and Braxton Bragg) and the professional journalist J. P. Pryor. Forrest himself gave them complete access to his military papers, spent many hours in interviews with them, and closely supervised their writing. Hence, this work is not just a flat campaign study of Forrest—in effect, it is his military memoir and as such remains the most valuable source on Forrest and his cavalry.
Download or read book The Campaigns of Lieutenant General N B Forrest and of Forrest s Cavalry written by Thomas Jordan and published by American Society for Training & Development. This book was released on 1995 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Campaigns of General Nathan Bedford Forrest and of Forrest s Cavalry written by General Thomas Jordan and published by Ravenio Books. This book was released on 2016-07-17 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the work, now in course of preparation by the Messrs. Blelock & Co., will be found an authentic account of the campaigns and operations in which I took part during the war for the independence of the Confederate States. Believing it to be proper that there should be a timely and lasting record of the deeds and services of those whom I have been so fortunate as to command, I placed all the facts and papers in my possession or available to me, in the hands of accomplished, writers, who have done their part with close and conscientious research, and have endeavored to make up a chronicle neither over-wrought nor over-colored, as I can testify. For the greater part of the statements of the narrative I am responsible, and all facts and incidents derived from other sources are properly credited in the footnotes. It is hoped that justice will be found done in some degree to the courage, zeal, fortitude, and other soldierly qualities of the men of “Forrest’s Cavalry,” for that has been the main purpose of the work. N. B. Forrest. Memphis, Tenn., October 3, 1867.
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Download or read book The Campaigns of General Nathan Bedford Forrest and of Forrest s Cavalry written by Thomas Jordan and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-08 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side ... he had a genius of strategy which was original, and to me incomprehensible." General William T. Sherman Nathan Bedford Forrest was an unorthodox soldier. He was not trained in military tactics, had not read the great texts on strategy and according to some could not even drill a company. Yet, what he lacked in training he made up for in his aggressive actions and energy to win battles, always taking the shortest lines towards his objectives, grasping opportunities and countless times seizing victory from the brink of defeat. A physically imposing man, he led his men from example as a hard rider and fierce swordsman in the heat of conflict. It was said that had killed up to thirty enemy soldiers in hand-to-hand combat. Forrest's actions and unpredictability terrified Union troops and their commanders who termed him "that Devil Forrest", while for the south he quickly became a hero. Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee both agreed in their postwar memoirs that the outcome of the war might have been different if they had better used Forrest's talents. General Thomas Jordan and J. P. Pryor's brilliant account of the campaigns of Nathan Bedford Forrest and his cavalry uncover the actions of this innovative leader. General Forrest gave the authors complete access to his military papers, conducted numerous interviews and worked closely with them to create this fascinating book. Through the course of the work they cover Forrest's many campaigns and battles including Sacramento, Fort Donaldson, Shiloh, Murfreesboro, the West Tennessee raids, Dover, Brentwood, Chattanooga, Day's Gap, Chickamauga, Paducah, Brice's Crossroads, Tupelo, the Tennessee Raids, Nashville, and Selma, as well as the infamous Battle of Fort Pillow. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the life of this fascinating man and the campaigns that he led through the course of the American Civil War. "Forrest ... used his horsemen as a modern general would use motorized infantry. He liked horses because he liked fast movement, and his mounted men could get from here to there much faster than any infantry could" Bruce Catton, The Civil War General Thomas Jordan was a Confederate general and major operative in the network of Confederate spies during the American Civil War. After the war he became newspaper editor and author, writing articles about the American Civil War. He co-wrote this book with J. P. Pryor who was a professional journalist. Their book The Campaigns Of General Nathan Bedford Forrest And Of Forrest's Cavalry was first published in 1868.
Download or read book The Campaigns of Lieut Gen N B Forrest and of Forrest s Cavalry written by Thomas and J. P. Pryor Jordan and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Campaigns of Lieut Gen N B Forrest and of Forrest s Cavalry Etc written by Thomas JORDAN (Colonel and PRYOR (J. P.)) and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nathan Bedford Forrest written by Jack Hurst and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-06-08 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid the aristocratic ranks of the Confederate cavalry, Nathan Bedford Forrest was untutored, all but unlettered, and regarded as no more than a guerrilla. His tactic was the headlong charge, mounted with such swiftness and ferocity that General Sherman called him a "devil" who should "be hunted down and killed if it costs 10,000 lives and bankrupts the treasury." And in a war in which officers prided themselves on their decorum, Forrest habitually issued surrender-or-die ultimatums to the enemy and often intimidated his own superiors. After being in command at the notorious Fort Pillow Massacre, he went on to haunt the South as the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Now this epic figure is restored to human dimensions in an exemplary biography that puts both Forrest's genius and his savagery into the context of his time, chronicling his rise from frontiersman to slave trader, private to lieutenant general, Klansman to—eventually—New South businessman and racial moderate. Unflinching in its analysis and with extensive new research, Nathan Bedford Forrest is an invaluable and immensely readable addition to the literature of the Civil War.
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Download or read book Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest written by John Allan Wyeth and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XX THE NASHVILLE CAMPAIGN--NOVEMBER 19-DECEMBER 27, 1864 Forrest Arrives at Florence and is Placed in Command of All the Cavalry of the Army of Tennessee--March Towards Nashville Begun--Cold and Stormy Weather--November 22d Fighting Begins Near Lawrenceburg, and is Continued on the 23d Near Henryville -- Severe Skirmish at Fouche Springs -- Forrest's Charge in the Rear of the Enemy with His Escort--Narrow Escape of the General--Capture of a Number of Union Soldiers--Fighting Daily and Obstinately, the Federals are Driven as Far Back as Columbia--Death of the Brave Lieutenant-Colonel Dawson, of the Fifteenth Tennessee, Killed in Hand-to-Hand Combat--The Crossing of Duck River-- Fight at Spring Hill--Federals Defeated--The Federal Army in Great Peril--Escapes through Failure of the Proper Transmission of Orders from Hood--Investment of Franklin--Forrest Makes a Careful Reconnaissance of the Federal Position and Advises Hood not to Attack--Offers to Flank Schofield Out of Franklin within Two Hours if He is Permitted--Hood Orders the Attack--Terrific Slaughter of the Confederates--The Detachment of the Confederate Cavalry on the Left Wing Holds its Position--Wilson and Forrest Fight Desperately on the Confederate Right Wing --A Drawn Battle as Far as the Cavalry is Concerned--The Death of the Gallant Generals Cleburne and John Adams--Large List of Officers Killed and Wounded-- Confederate Cavalry Pursue the Retreating Federals into Nashville--Infantry Arrive and Invest the City -- Forrest's Cavalry Detailed to Interrupt Navigation on the Cumberland--Colonel D. C. Kelley's Rich Capture--General W. H. Jackson's Success at Lavergne -- General Buford Captures a Block-House on Mill Creek-- Forrest Directed to Make a Forced Reconnaissance...
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Download or read book Men of Fire written by Jack Hurst and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-09-23 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep in the winter of 1862, on the border between Kentucky and Tennessee, two extraordinary military leaders faced each other in an epic clash that would transform them both and change the course of American history forever. Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant had no significant military successes to his credit. He was barely clinging to his position within the Union Army-he had been officially charged with chronic drunkenness only days earlier, and his own troops despised him. His opponent was as untested as he was: an obscure lieutenant colonel named Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest was a slaveholder, Grant a closet abolitionist-but the two men held one thing in common: an unrelenting desire for victory at any cost. After ten days of horrific battle, Grant emerged victorious. He had earned himself the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" for his fierce prosecution of the campaign, and immediately became a hero of the Union Army. Forrest retreated, but he soon re-emerged as a fearsome war machine and guerrilla fighter. His reputation as a brilliant and innovative general survives to this day. But Grant had already changed the course of the Civil War. By opening the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers to the Union Army, he had split Dixie in two. The confederacy would never recover. A riveting account of the making of two great military leaders, and two battles that transformed America forever, Men of Fire is destined to become a classic work of military history.
