I am sure it’s referring to Forrest’s late life views on race that you can see in his 1875 speech to the Pole-Bearers association.
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Whatever he was, Forrest was the Civil War's finest general. That's high praise when you consider how good Longstreet was. Shelby Foote said the Civil War produced two geniuses: Lincoln and Forrest
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You jest, but late in life he apparently had a change in heart. This from his Wikipedia page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest …pic.twitter.com/ueuBdvtWCe
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Is there a modern biography of Forrest that analyzes such (seemingly implausible) claims?
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I mean the warm friend claim. Dying of diarrhea seems totally plausible.
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