Forrest Stories: Humor Of Bedford Forrest And His Cavalry

Bedford Forrest was not a jester or joker, but he did have a good sense of humor. When a difficult, combative situation was under control, which with him it inevitably would be, his demeanor would lighten up, and Forrests humorous side would come out. He was also a master of the poker bluff and psychological warfare, and he played these to great advantage during the war. One of the best episodes of this was the 1863 week-long pursuit and surrender of an entire Federal brigadeover 1,700 mento fewer than 600 of his own. The Union commander had seen the Confederates three cannons, but a Forrest ruse and bluff made it appear as fifteen cannons, to which the astonished Union man asked Forrest how many he had. Forrest replied, I reckon thats all thats kept up. This book is a trove of those factual and almost-factual happenings.

• | Author: G. Lee Millar
• | Publisher: AuthorHouse
• | Publication Date: Mar 29, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 144 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 1546235566
• | ISBN-13: 9781546235569