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- catalog abstract "Sherman called him "That devil, Forrest" and "the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side." Bruce Catton rated him "one of the authentic military geniuses of the whole war." And Grant said, "For the particular kind of warfare which Forrest had carried on neither army could present a more effective officer." Not only does A Battle from the Start describe Forrest's incredible and dramatic feats on the battlefield, it covers his childhood and youth as the oldest son of a poor farmer on the Mississippi frontier, who took over responsibility for the family's survival as a young boy when his father died, and his later move to Memphis, where he became a millionaire in the slave trade. It describes Forrest's life after the war: his acceptance of the defeat of the Southern cause rather than defiant flight to foreign shores, his declining business fortunes, his deteriorating health from a body worn down by the war's rigors, and his premature death. - Jacket flap.".
- catalog contributor b3679730.
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Cavalry operations.".
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description "Git thar fustest with the mostest -- Young Bedford -- The making of a planter -- A chance for active service -- Riders on the storm -- Charge them boy ways -- A streight bluff -- Nothing to bragg about -- The war hits home -- War means fighting, and fighting means killing -- Forrest's finest moment -- There will never be peace in Tennessee -- Making havoc among the gunboats -- Advancing and retreating with Hood -- I'm a-going home -- Home is where the hearth was -- Completely used up -- A statue in Memphis.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Sherman called him "That devil, Forrest" and "the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side." Bruce Catton rated him "one of the authentic military geniuses of the whole war." And Grant said, "For the particular kind of warfare which Forrest had carried on neither army could present a more effective officer." Not only does A Battle from the Start describe Forrest's incredible and dramatic feats on the battlefield, it covers his childhood and youth as the oldest son of a poor farmer on the Mississippi frontier, who took over responsibility for the family's survival as a young boy when his father died, and his later move to Memphis, where he became a millionaire in the slave trade. It describes Forrest's life after the war: his acceptance of the defeat of the Southern cause rather than defiant flight to foreign shores, his declining business fortunes, his deteriorating health from a body worn down by the war's rigors, and his premature death. - Jacket flap.".
- catalog extent "xix, 457 p., [24] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Battle from the start.".
- catalog identifier "0060168323 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Battle from the start.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : HarperCollins,".
- catalog relation "Battle from the start.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Cavalry operations.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.7/3/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "Confederate States of America. Army Biography.".
- catalog subject "E467.1.F72 W55 1992".
- catalog subject "Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877.".
- catalog subject "Generals United States Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Git thar fustest with the mostest -- Young Bedford -- The making of a planter -- A chance for active service -- Riders on the storm -- Charge them boy ways -- A streight bluff -- Nothing to bragg about -- The war hits home -- War means fighting, and fighting means killing -- Forrest's finest moment -- There will never be peace in Tennessee -- Making havoc among the gunboats -- Advancing and retreating with Hood -- I'm a-going home -- Home is where the hearth was -- Completely used up -- A statue in Memphis.".
- catalog title "A battle from the start : the life of Nathan Bedford Forrest / by Brian Steel Wills.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".