diane
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Oh, there's a thread around here someplace on how old everybody is - I'm sure it will come up in the search feature if y'all really want to know.
Well, I don't think needing money from carpetbaggers was what got Forrest out of the klan! Forrest had plenty of interactions with Northerners and Republicans well before he left the klan - one of the first partnerships he made was with some Union soldiers to stake his plantation in Mississippi. It was Memphis dissolving itself to get out of paying off bonds that bankrupted him - he had a lot of bonds with the city to rebuild the railroad through there. Brownlow had been steadily dinging him for past infractions - like the outstanding warrant for his arrest from the war, which should have been dismissed along with everything else from the war. That happened, pretty much, at the federal level but didn't make it to Brownlow's fiefdom. Brownlow also did everything possible to thwart any political ambitions Forrest might have had. However, once the Parson was gone most of Forrest's reasons for being in the klan were also gone. I'm fairly certain he was quit at that time but may have been quietly supporting them for some time after.
But what about these tournaments? Is there more to it than recruitment, from your perspective? It seems you're suggesting something else maybe.
Well, I don't think needing money from carpetbaggers was what got Forrest out of the klan! Forrest had plenty of interactions with Northerners and Republicans well before he left the klan - one of the first partnerships he made was with some Union soldiers to stake his plantation in Mississippi. It was Memphis dissolving itself to get out of paying off bonds that bankrupted him - he had a lot of bonds with the city to rebuild the railroad through there. Brownlow had been steadily dinging him for past infractions - like the outstanding warrant for his arrest from the war, which should have been dismissed along with everything else from the war. That happened, pretty much, at the federal level but didn't make it to Brownlow's fiefdom. Brownlow also did everything possible to thwart any political ambitions Forrest might have had. However, once the Parson was gone most of Forrest's reasons for being in the klan were also gone. I'm fairly certain he was quit at that time but may have been quietly supporting them for some time after.
But what about these tournaments? Is there more to it than recruitment, from your perspective? It seems you're suggesting something else maybe.