Who lost Gettysburg

[larry_cockerham]

Originally Posted by cw1865

Everytime you read about battles in the West, the Union commanders are ALWAYS concerned about Forrest. I think even Grant fears him. Point is, Confederacy should've taken some advantage of this a little bit better and let it be known that certain units, even if not directly commanded by Forrest, are indeed commanded by him, he absolutely seems to strike abject terror into the Union commanders, they're always worried about 'Where's Forrest?'

Thank you, Sir. That was a suitable compliment to a fine, albeit it self taught, soldier. Tradition is a difficult thing to change. Forrest didn't have the burden of a fine military education so he wasn't mired in habits he couldn't break.