He's not "Mad" Anthony Wayne, but this man allegedly used an opposing soldier as a shield at Fallen Timbers and defeated Albert Streight's numerically superior force by repeatedly parading his troops around a hill.
He's not "Mad" Anthony Wayne, but this man allegedly used an opposing soldier as a shield at Fallen Timbers and defeated Albert Streight's numerically superior force by repeatedly parading his troops around a hill. One raid led by this man forced General Cadwallerder Washburn to flee to Fort Pickering in a nightshirt, and this man escaped from Fort Donelson before its surrender. Defeated by James Wilson at Selma, he originally enlisted as a private before rising to the ranks of Lieutenant General and allegedly won the battle of (*) Parker's Crossroads by ordering his men to "charge ‘em both ways." Many black troops in Tennessee were massacred under his command at the Battle of Fort Pillow. For 10 points, name this "Wizard of the Saddle" and founder of the Ku Klux Klan, a Confederate cavalry general.
He's not "Mad" Anthony Wayne, but this man allegedly used an opposing soldier as a shield at Fallen Timbers and defeated Albert Streight's numerically superior force by repeatedly parading his troops around a hill.
Nathan Bedford {Forrest}