Confederacy's Greatest Cavalryman Nathan Bedford Forest

Name: Confederacy's Greatest Cavalryman Nathan Bedford Forest
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ISBN: 9780700608850

ISBN-10: 0700608850

ISBN-13: 9780700608850

Edition: 1998

Authors: Brian Steel Wills, Emory M. Thomas

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This is the best biography of one of the most exciting, colorful, and controversial figures of the Civil War. A renowned cavalryman, Nathan Bedford Forrest perfected a ruthless hit-and-run guerrilla warfare that terrified Union soldiers and garnered the respect of warriors like William Sherman, who described his adversary as "that Devil, Forrest . . . the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side."Historian Bruce Catton rated Forrest "one of the authentic military geniuses of the whole war," but Brian Steel Wills covers much more than the cavalryman's incredible feats on the field of battle. He also provides the most thoughtful and complete analysis of Forrest's hardscrabble…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication date: 4/22/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 478
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.03" tall
Weight: 1.760
Language: English

Brian Steel Wills is director of the Center for the Study of the Civil War Era at Kennesaw State University.