Barrycdog
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- Jan 6, 2013
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- Buford, Georgia
The problem with a lot of these articles is--thanks to the journalistic standards of the day--some of them were made up of whole cloth.
The NY Times article was published September 27, 1867.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60912FE3B5E1A7493C5AB1782D85F438684F9
My favorite was a NY Times article during the war where the reporter claimed to have interviewed Forrest face to face, then described him as having a full beard with no mustache, being short and stocky, sallow and with coarse, homely features. Pretty obvious he never laid eyes on even a photo of Forrest, let alone talked to him personally.
I like the one with the wild claims supposedly by Forrest--where he remembered being so sick talking to the reporter he remembered he stopped and threw up repeatedly during the "interview."
Yes, that one the reporter did indeed talk to him but Forrest had one of his head-exploding migraines. He told the guy he couldn't talk, he was going home to be sick but the reporter insisted. He couldn't have gotten much between upchucks! Forrest read the article and wondered who had been interviewed because it sure wasn't him!
Another one I liked was Kilpatrick's contribution. He never missed an opportunity to bad mouth Forrest and finally got a challenge - mano y mano, any time you think you got a set. Kilpatrick airily said he didn't consider Forrest a gentleman and therefore could refuse the challenge. But he then wrote a letter to the NY Times stating he'd gone into a bar and found Forrest drunk and smacked him around enough he slunk out the door. Kilpatrick would have to stand on a stool to punch Forrest in the kneecap.
Yes, that one the reporter did indeed talk to him but Forrest had one of his head-exploding migraines. He told the guy he couldn't talk, he was going home to be sick but the reporter insisted. He couldn't have gotten much between upchucks! Forrest read the article and wondered who had been interviewed because it sure wasn't him!
Another one I liked was Kilpatrick's contribution. He never missed an opportunity to bad mouth Forrest and finally got a challenge - mano y mano, any time you think you got a set. Kilpatrick airily said he didn't consider Forrest a gentleman and therefore could refuse the challenge. But he then wrote a letter to the NY Times stating he'd gone into a bar and found Forrest drunk and smacked him around enough he slunk out the door. Kilpatrick would have to stand on a stool to punch Forrest in the kneecap.