

An edition of That devil Forrest (1959)
life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest
By John A. Wyeth
Publish Date
1989
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Language
eng
Pages
614
Description:
This book is a biography of Nathaniel Bedford Forrest, famously nicknamed Devil Forrest by Grant, considered by Sherman 'the most remarkable man our civil war produced on either side', and by all one of the most brilliant tacticians of the civil war. The accounts of this biography are primarily based on those who knew Forrest personally, and on contemporary military papers and records.