The "Wizard of the Saddle" still divides

[citdog]

A fair, I think, look at the man and the controversy that still surrounds him. The last sentence speaks to the end goal of those who oppose such memorials in the public space and what they would do if given the opportunity. Lt. Genl Forrest and his wife are buried beneath the statue.



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[CID1990]

I forget which biography I have at home. It is pretty evenhanded, and gives a pretty fair assessment of Fort PIllow as well as the postwar years.

I have another biography of Robert E. Lee called "Reading the Man", and it is an examination of the general through his letters.

Both bios show both men as what they were, warts and all. I personally think that the non-deified versions of Lee and Forrest are much more interesting and real than the exalted versions.