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re: Nathan Bedford Forrest Monument is Coming Down in Memphis
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:08 pm to MISSOURI WALTZ
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:08 pm to MISSOURI WALTZ
Slave trader before the war, founder of the KKK after, and the slaughtering of surrendering black solders at the Battle of Fort Pillow. If anyone deserved to be called "white devil", it would be he.
But after that things get a little tricky, because he is generally considered to be one of the most interesting and brilliant characters of the Civil War by CW buffs. From illiteracy to one of the most successful Generals of the Confederacy.
But after that things get a little tricky, because he is generally considered to be one of the most interesting and brilliant characters of the Civil War by CW buffs. From illiteracy to one of the most successful Generals of the Confederacy.
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Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:11 pm to Amadeo
Why doesn’t anyone actually read history?
‘After only a year as Grand Wizard, in January 1869, faced with an ungovernable membership employing methods that seemed increasingly counterproductive, Forrest issued KKK General Order Number One: "It is therefore ordered and decreed, that the masks and costumes of this Order be entirely abolished and destroyed".[68]
In August 1874, Forrest "volunteered to help ‘exterminate’ those men responsible for the continued violence against the blacks". After the murder of four blacks by a lynch mob when they were arrested for defending themselves at a BBQ, Forrest wrote to Tennessee Governor John C. Brown, offering "to exterminate the white marauders who disgrace their race by this cowardly murder of Negroes".[69]
‘After only a year as Grand Wizard, in January 1869, faced with an ungovernable membership employing methods that seemed increasingly counterproductive, Forrest issued KKK General Order Number One: "It is therefore ordered and decreed, that the masks and costumes of this Order be entirely abolished and destroyed".[68]
In August 1874, Forrest "volunteered to help ‘exterminate’ those men responsible for the continued violence against the blacks". After the murder of four blacks by a lynch mob when they were arrested for defending themselves at a BBQ, Forrest wrote to Tennessee Governor John C. Brown, offering "to exterminate the white marauders who disgrace their race by this cowardly murder of Negroes".[69]
This post was edited on 12/20/17 at 9:12 pm
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:13 pm to Amadeo
Lefties burning alters left and right.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:14 pm to Amadeo
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founder of the KKK after, and the slaughtering of surrendering black solders at the Battle of Fort Pillow
You obviously have not read one single book about Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Posted on 12/21/17 at 6:38 am to Amadeo
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slaughtering of surrendering black solders at the Battle of Fort Pillow.
That is an outright lie.
There was no 'slaughter of surrendering blacks" at Ft Pillow. That was a made-up slander at the time which has as much credence as "hands up = don't shoot"
quote:
Forrest demanded unconditional surrender. Bradford asked for an hour for consultation, and Forrest granted twenty minutes. Bradford refused surrender and the Confederates renewed the attack, soon overran the fort, and drove the Federals down the river’s bluff into a deadly crossfire. Casualties were high and only sixty-two of the U.S. Colored Troops survived the fight.
Surprising that anyone survived a 'slaughter of surrendered troops" - for instance how many Texans survived the massacre at Goliad???
Are you suggesting that the Confederates were just monumentally bad at this "massacre" thing??
Union was outmanned and out maneuvered. Forrest offered surrender - Bradford refused. Fight continued with deadly consequence.
There was NO surrender - only survivors from a bad decision by Bradford.
This post was edited on 12/21/17 at 6:46 am
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