He threatened to kill Braxton Bragg if he ever met the man again after Chickamauga, an action that got him reassigned to independent command in Mississippi.
He threatened to kill Braxton Bragg if he ever met the man again after Chickamauga, an action that got him reassigned to independent command in Mississippi. 300 cavalry units under his command nearly captured Union General Sherman (*) at the battle of Fallen Timbers, where this man survived being surrounded by Union troops by using a soldier as a human shield. FTP, name this Confederate general who was responsible for the death of hundreds of African Americans at the Battle of Fort Pillow, the first Grand Wizard in the Ku Klux Klan.
He threatened to kill Braxton Bragg if he ever met the man again after Chickamauga, an action that got him reassigned to independent command in Mississippi.
Nathan Bedford {Forrest}