He was tough.

Agreed! At least he knew, "Get there first with the most if you want to win!"

HE WAS A KLANNER. YOU LEFT THAT OUT. HOW SMART COULD HE BE

Chat gpt level comment

​He also asked for the Klan to be stopped because of all the evil it was. He even helped black people in his later years. You left that part out.

Actually they were traitors. Forrest was right.

@@reneguenon7824 And what is your opinion of the Northerners who fought on the Confederate side in the War for Southern Independence? Were the Northerners who fought for the Confederacy heroes or traitors?

@@rosskardon7195 Confederates are the good guys no matter where they're from. Proud southerner myself though.

@@TruthSpeaker. Thank you for your reply and pointing this out to me. So the Northerners who fought on the Confederate side in Southern War for Independence were heroes and the Southerners who fought for the Union were traitors.

@@rosskardon7195 some northern states where with the south and Abraham Lincoln shout them down to keep them from joining the south. But a southern traitor was called a scallywag

I have to disagree with you. Yes you had men in their 40's and 50's in the higher ranks but you also had a lot of Cols. and Generals in their early 20's like Custer. It is a problem in movies and reenactors groups used in the movies that show 60 year old fat men as Privates. Troops back then marched 20 miles a day with very little food. Old fat men would not last long. The average age was 25 for Civil War , WWI and WW2. Vietnam average age was 22.

Who is "we"? I don't always think of that. Just because YOU frequently think one thing doesn't mean that everyone does. It's doesn't even mean that most people do.

@@GrantDWilliams82 You must be a delight to know in life.

@@MelancoliaI I’m sure he’s a blast at parties. Hopefully we have the privilege of him gracing us with his presence someday.

The one thing that many people forget that though he created the Klan, he sought to disband it soon after. He created it to scare freed slaves, not grow into what it is known now.

This is like most American history lies,fairy tales,and bulls#@& to get people in later generations to believe that White Supremacy is best curriculum and CRT is not be TOLD and a hundred years from now there was no such thing as Slavery

Yes, including Grant, Sheridan, and the terrorist Sherman!

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@CSA Farmer keep telling yourself that

Why do you think that so many soldiers were killed by NBF? General Sherman was burning all the crops as they went through the states. They didn't have the food to feed their own army and they killed both black and white rather than take more prisoners.

This is another. Attempt to make a hero out of a Devil, and blame the victims of his violence because he was a co- founder of the KKK with Albert Pike in 1865,yet this wasn't discussed in the documentary, and testified before Congress so that they would not get him for being behind most of many things eg intimidating,murder, and ordering unlawful against BLACK citizens,yet many of things in this are LIES about this man

Agreed !!

My sincere Thanks to You Margaret, Your Comment was so fascinating. Coming from a long line of Military professionals, I'm jealous of Your Family's noble military history. Again, my heartfelt, Thank You, for Your very interesting Input!

I’m sorry there is such shame in your family history. You have my condolences

POW camps in Illinois? Well the old prison in Joliet, Illinois actually started out as POW camp during the Civil War. The actual prison was featured in TV shows and movies. I actually grew up down the street from there.

3 traitors in one family. That's unfortunate.

The Corwin amendment didn't guarantee slavery in the new territories, it would've only protected slavery where it presently existed. That's why the seceded states still rejected it.

The South wouldn't accept the Corwin Amendment because it did not explicitly recognize African slavery (instead using those vague constitutional words "person held to labor or service") and would not allow the expansion of slavery. If slavery couldn't expand then it would eventually die and southerners wouldn't allow that. Read their secession documents. Hence they supported the Crittenden compromise which explicitly recognized African slavery and allowed its expansion. It didn't pass, Lincoln called for an army because the US had been attacked at fort Sumter, and so more states seceded. Yes, the war was about preserving slavery for the South.

Believe it or not NBF turned away from believing in slavery and wrote, spoke and tried to help blacks Americans to get more rights. He spoke at prominent black meetings and gave amazing speeches. When Lincoln dead and Grant lost his backing the Democrats took everything back that had been moved forward.

@@lovinLaVonna I'm fully aware. I'm curious to know Mr. Jacobson's and BOFT's view on the question. But yes at the end of his life, Forrest was a political moderate and a newfound patriot of the 'old flag'. This has been lost to history as both his modern-day admirers and detractors have used him wrongly for their own aims. So it's interesting to wonder how he would have received the Jim Crow era.

@@lovinLaVonna how many blacks you think he hung before he felt bad for the slaves ?

@@lambofatboy9545 well I can only tell you what his grandson told me, showed me and has history for. I 100% believe that any racism is wrong. From whomever towards anyone at anytime, and for any reason

@@lambofatboy9545 probably not any wasn't worth any dead.

The residence on the site now - no Sir; but the original log house was moved about 3 miles to its current SCV location.

@@johnmonroe7378 I think it's even debated the log house on the SCV location if it's even original. There's not enough documentation to verify it, I remember a state historian in a video saying it very unlikely based off the construction of the home.

@@Phono-fun When I lived in Chapel Hill, I asked many locals, and some SCV gentlemen, these questions. What I was told was that the main portion of the log house was original, but the addition wasn't. That crazy looking log barn there is very bizarre. I left a $20 bill in the donation box.

@@johnmonroe7378 I live not too far away, I'm trying to remember the rest of what the state historian said. That when it was moved it was in pretty bad damage, and the question is how much is original, that it's undeterminable.

Alex Stephens would beg to differ

You are right with the later statement. But it was about slavery for the South too. The ruling class of the south wanted to keep slavery, which, ironically, kept everyone (also the white men) poor except the slave owners. They just needed to instrumentalize the poor white men for their cause.

⁠@@svene.3856agreed. I’ll never understand why people seem to need to have it be either 100% about slavery or not about it at all. Like nearly all wars, it was started for a multitude of reasons and had been coming for a long time. The divide between north and south had been steadily growing for many years and was perhaps best demonstrated before the war by Lincoln’s absence on the presidential ballot in ten prominent southern states. The southerners had quite a few good reasons to be disillusioned with the north and the union, but of the reasons good and bad, slavery just happened to be one of the largest and most morally divisive. The failure of reconstruction and subsequent jim crow era certainly did no favors to the south’s reputation on that front. Even the issue of slavery, at the time, despite modern interpretations, was largely economic rather than moral-the southern economy being entirely reliant upon the institution, and the northern not so. It’s much easier for civilizations to justify evil when it is “necessary” to their way of life. Amusingly, that way of life likely would have been at least partially destroyed even if they had successfully and peacefully seceded, given the development of cotton production outside the states; their grip on the global trade was likely not too far out from significant loosening, which would have been devastating to the southern economy, especially after cutting ties with the north. But I suppose we’ll never know for sure.

That's cool that you live in or near NBF's home. I have been there on his birthday l think. Can't recall what month, but it wasn't hot. And they had a small skirmish reenactment. Even saw a feller wearing a sombrero, so l moseyed over and talked to this guy between the losing and winning portion of that little set-to. I figured the feller in the sombrero was a Texican,like myself. Now l live in U.A. as opposed to L.A. Get my meaning?

One of the best military tactician that was ever on a battlefield! And only 4 years or less Of schooling he was a natural!

​@Richard Clark he was a war criminal that killed 300 union soldiers after they surrendered.

He was a war criminal that murdered 300 union soldiers after they surrendered. And admitted it.

@@redruml5872 another myth just like fort pillow.

@Richard Clark lol.... sure. I guess we'll just ignore the first-hand accounts from confederate soldiers that were at fort pillow.

He was a war criminal.

Killed 29 enemies and had 30 horses shot out from under him, after the war he stated that he finished a horse ahead

WoW! It surprises me since so many Generals on both sides were remarkably brave. Sherman, Hood and more were in danger yet lead.

@@johnnotrealname8168 Some how I just can see William Tecumseh Sherman or John Bell Hood leading a saber charge on horseback, or lifting an enemy soldier by the nape, lifting him up, and using him for a shield.

@@trent3872 What would their battle-cry be?

Surely for the State of the Union.

General Sherman’s march through Georgia was a devastating path of destruction. It was total war on Southerners. His troops destroyed and burned about everything they couldn’t take with them. It was meant to break their spirit to fight. I don’t like him much either 160 years after the fact.

Sherman and Sheridan had no room to cast aspersions on anyone. Both would be war criminals by 20th century rules.

Exactly Sherman by today’s standards was a war criminal and would have been on trial if he survived the capture. Then again war is hell

Against the states? You mean between the states? Or is this a southern thing...like the war of northern aggression

American Institutions want his racist view to disappear from history,so that he can be veiwed as a great American hero,like John Wayne and make a star out of someone playing him because America needs White heroes

​@@kumarg3598you do realize every state had their own reasons for joining the CSA right? Like my State of North Carolina was one of the last states to join the Confederatecy an we joined the south when federal troops came in an Lincoln tried to get the state of North Carolina to fight against their fellow which we said no too. The northern aggression thing is not lie. The states that originally seceded from the Union left because of Lincoln and slavery and states rights the last States to join the CSA joined because federal troops. You can actually look it up to see why North Carolina joined the Civil War. Because yeah North Carolina had slaves we didn't need them like the like deep south. Some of the states did fight and join because of Union aggression

You have any proof of said claim? Because the Klan was created in Tennessee to scare freed slaves.

He would do that because it would show how much of y racist Forest was. That's the part of the story of his life history they are trying to keep out of history because it doesn't look good for American institutions to call racist great,but they do, and that's why WE still have it

The big lie.

I was waiting for this to be mentioned as well.

They want to romanticize their hero, not tell the truth about them.

Fort Pillow was omitted because it has been exhaustively covered and debated. Our focus was elsewhere.

Is that a moniker or are you a undercover Unionist from the South?

I hope your kids benefit from this knowledge

The only reason why i searched for his name was the movie😂

“My great great granddaddy”

@@stormbaker518 I'm related to him too that's how I got my middle name. passed down from my father an his etc etc.

Its propaganda from the enemies of the confederacy just like the propaganda against german national socialists, the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS. He was a remarkable, ultra-masculine man. If we had more men like him we wouldn´t be where we are today as western people and white nations. Thats the situation and the fact.

@@stormbaker518 hi storm, Would you like to share some information that you might know about the ancestry of your granddaddy? Thank you ❤️

Or Josey Wales!

"Smart" and trustworthy... You wouldn't invest in such a person - and at least that's how someone must get started on that path - unless you could trust them and they guaranteed returns on their investments.

I'm a blood line of Nathan. my middle name is Forrest that's been passed down from generations and generations.

@@richardluxton3165 Inbreeding??

He was a monster. This video is laughable. David Hardin is a real historian who actually know the history and has the best story about the heinous activity of Forrest

@@richardluxton3165 you have greatness I your dna

no a namesake

After the war (and the time with the Klan) he didn't get tired of fighting, he changed as a man. His morals, racism and faith all changed him to stand up for black people "and for both men and women".

And was the Creator of KKK, no slave wanted to be a so I'm sure they weren't as loyal as you may think

A great general

Just 10 years after hosting freed slaves, President’s Island’s activities shifted to activity that was eerily similar to that experienced by the freed slaves before Emancipation. Starting in 1875, Nathan Bedford Forrest leased 1,300 acres and operated a farm there in an effort to recover the fortune he lost in the Civil War and in unprofitable railroad investments. According to a Forrest biographer Jack Hurst, Forrest “contracted with Shelby County for the use of some of its jail inmates in farming operations employing slave-style labor.”

30 of them and he released them all after the war .

😳

Bias truth.

Guys I’m his grandson

He is paying for his sin of human bondage 🔥

I totally agree

This is a laughable comment. If you do not like the product, move on.

@Southern Logger I agree 👍🏻

Well, make a doc yourself then, brah.

Got whipped by Milroy.

Yea thats all us southern boys- its in our blood to be free and fight -

Same way African tribal leaders, and Arabs do..

Isn't that the mark of a good general?

He was brilliant as a warrior,yet the fort pillow incident shows that he had no honor towards BLACK People, and shows how much a real racist he was because if he wasn't then he would not have co-founded the KKK with Albert Pike ( both being Freemasons that they left out of story),which is a way to clean up his Devilment during his lifetime.

@@whatshappeningq3301 how does this even relate to my question?

​@@TheDb2450nazi germany studied forrsst tactics

Doesn't matter what they think. Helen Keller could have told you he was badass, and she's dead.

My 5th great grandfather fought for General Forrest from Shiloh to the end of the war.

Really wow I'm related to the breauxs that faught for the south all the breauxs but really connected to the ones from louisiana regiment cajuns in grey they were bad ass too [>

My great great grandfather was the Colonel of the 15th Tennessee under your grandfather. He also captained one of the captured gunboats at Johnsonville.

Gross

You are from Royalty

i’m am also a relative from him

Your grandpa was a devil's friend. A cold criminal ...no wonder they have a great party over his dead body. May he not come back to life again

Are you a racist?

Never is told he asked his own slaves if they would ride with him or wanted to head North. All but 2 rode with him. Little to nothing is said how he used his own money to build & equip schools around Memphis so the children of former slaves could get an education. Or how he was used to form the KKK by former Confederate Genl. Van Dorn. And once he saw what it was being used for called for the disbandment.of that abomination as he called it. But you go ahead. Believe the tales told by the worst race baiter ever born..Barrack Obama.

I thought the numbers were 29 and 30, but hey that's close enough. What a truly amazing figure in history, his exploits rivaled only by Alexander the Great and Richard the Lion hearted. A complete natural. The quintessential fearless tactical genius, no wonder he is studied by Patton, Rommel and every great commander who came after him.

He also never wanted to become a general because they sat on hills and watched, while he felt his value was in the fight. At one point when he was back home away from the war (before returning) he became a millionaire for an invention that he made for cotton. He repeatedly spoke at black events, put on by both men and women. And believe it or not he was part of the K group, but couldn't get them to back off from being violent so he left the group (he tried to break up the whole thing before leaving) One more thing is is that he's the one who started Gorilla warfare. Before him you would approach the other army in lines of three deep and shot each other. He also would take out the captain's, Sargent, and general's (and for the most part the heads of the military were off limits, because they wanted order)

@@lovinLaVonna THANKS FOR THAT I KNEW ABOUT THE KKK THING BUT PEOPLE ARE SO IGNORANT I DIDNT EVEN MENTION IT HIM BECOMING A MILLIONAIRE WAS AWESOME DIDN'T KNOW THAT.....THANKS AGAIN BROTHER DEO VINDICE!!!

Yes the first wizzard of KKK...what a mighty

Got whipped by Milroy

Those are history books written by the winners, just ignore them and do your own research from more reputable sources.

BS

You always have to have the "scapegoats" in history. I don't think he was a monster at all. Neither was George E. Pickett...another "scapegoat." I totally blame Generals Lee and Longstreet for the SLAUGHTER they called, "Pickett's Charge."

Well he was a human being with plenty of baggage, deep responsibilities and guilt, and a multitude of complexities. That's the point. We pulled no punches about his days as a slave trader and his involvement in the Klan. Thanks.

@@ericjacobson7321 I respectfully disagree. Fort Pillow was barely mentioned. How involved he was with the KKK was understated. He lost the right to be a sympathetic character for his actions before the war(being a literal slave trader) during the war(he absolutely played a part in fort pillow) and after the war(being the Grand Wizard of the KKK which was a position that only he ever held). This video tried to portray him as a sympathetic figure instead of the ugliness of the role he played during his life. I would much prefer the resources of the Franklin Battlefield Trust to go to a video on Cleburn's life then one on NBF.

@@janelleallison3866 and you are entitled to your opinion. The video was not about sympathy. The video was about portraying him as a person, because between those like yourself who only see him as a monster and those who idolize him and virtually worship him, little is accomplished. It is easy to play either of those roles. We chose an alternate course.

@@ericjacobson7321 true and I appreciate the response and open and respectful dialogue.

@@janelleallison3866 you are welcome!

@@science212 the union at one time was almost finesh then the gold shipments from Calif save them so the homos won and the country is in a big mess today along with its people changes are coming very soon tho and our poplation will be gone and the people that do survive will make the country great again 🧝💃🇯🇪

A very interesting man in the turbulent times of our nation. Met a Army officer who told me about the Battle of Brices Crossroads being taught at US Army war college and how Forrest's tactics influences the Army even today. Well done video and may we never forget the past but learn from it so we can be better people.

what about him being responsible for the slaughter of 300 black soldiers at The Fort Pillow Massacre in 1864? Piss on NBF.

yes sir he was. he was an unstoppable general that was way ahead of his time. to smart for war .

The activities of the first Klan were very important. After the civil war northern tyranny ruled over the southern territory. And dont forget that the Klan trained 20.000 blacks too to fight against the Carbetbaggers.

I would’ve followed Forrest, jackson, stuart, and Lee to hell and back. I would attend mass with Longstreet, play poker with Pickett. Some great men right there!!! Deo vindice

May God punish him according to what he did

General Sherman said he didn't care if the United States went broke doing it. They have to kill Nathan Bedford Forrest. So yeah he was a pretty bad man!

He was a bitch who slaughtered innocent black women, men & children! Not a badass at all

So did Forrest bust a cap in your Hoosier ancestors arse?

@@carywest9256 Nah we survived the war, Johnston surrendered to us, the final surrender of the civil war after Lee. He later established Jim Crow laws but his release was determined by politicians, not us. We had ended it, once and for all, others allowed a different future.

An Honor

@@kenfox22 lol, you people.

Your lucky

Damn get well soon

Sorry for your luck... We can't choose the garbage of our past

Seems you understand more than you thought; Jackson is also remembered well by many in America, and both are reviled by many, particularly those who know the least about them, and they did not care for statue monuments to themselves. Their drug-crazed detractors who brought down their statues, and and administrators who ordered removal of Lee and Jackson monuments of remembrance, while sour and bitter generally, were dramatic, inspired servants of the will of both Lee and Jackson in the matter of said monuments. Enjoy.

Why was Lee a traitor? I dont never heard from a treachery.