tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920009031690353866.post2772705689959065770..comments2023-11-13T12:37:50.833-05:00Comments on Army of Tennessee: Can't see the Forrest for the trees...Lee Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582934303160302669noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920009031690353866.post-53163946754894274832008-11-25T21:36:00.000-05:002008-11-25T21:36:00.000-05:00Lee, Gotta differ with you on this one.....You sa...Lee, Gotta differ with you on this one.....<BR/>You said..."I did have an interesting conversation the other day with one visitor who offered this, Can you name any good Federal commander that Forrest ever beat in one of his stand alone fights?"<BR/><BR/> I can...how about Sooy Smith, Streight, Sturgis and even AJ Smith? At the time Sherman sent them into the field against Forrest they were all considered the best available to deal him his death blow. However, in each instance it was Forrest who made them the failures they turned out to be. Given the context of the time one should trust Sherman's judgement on the matter and, respect Forrest's abilities. Sherman certainly respected him and no wonder he spent so much time, blood and treasure in dealing with him. <BR/><BR/>Ken R KnoppElegant Detailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18111570320484017674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920009031690353866.post-72284249289252551362008-09-22T07:32:00.000-04:002008-09-22T07:32:00.000-04:00Evidence???See the next post for a rather differen...Evidence???<BR/><BR/>See the next post for a rather different opinion, and one, I might add, which is seemingly proved by your statement here.Patrick Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17750841319812563074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920009031690353866.post-87400699724536683052008-09-22T00:51:00.000-04:002008-09-22T00:51:00.000-04:00Nathan Bedford Forrest...Simply the best Cavalry c...Nathan Bedford Forrest...Simply the best Cavalry commander of the War Between The States...Bar none.<BR/><BR/> Wild Billrowdydawg_aci1https://www.blogger.com/profile/05417053533597552400noreply@blogger.com