Nathan B. Forrest’s Complicated History. (The Civil War Diaries S3E7)

Nathan B. Forrest, Civil Rights Activist? (The Civil War Diaries S3E7)
Forrest's change of heart.
Nathan B. Forrest, was one of the greatest military minds our country has ever known, but was he a racist? Did his views on race change as he grew older turning him into a civil rights activist? In today's video we will examine the complicated past of one of the Civil War's most controversial figures who was recently exhumed from his final resting place in an effort to sterilize history. Are conceptions about the General based fact? Let's take a closer look.
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[@johnjameson2731]

Goes to show that these today's activist have no idea what their really doing.

[@luthercase9001]

The fact is many of these activists know but they don't care they're only blinded by their own hate and bias.

[@captainjack8823]

The ground troops aka the "useful idiots" may or may not but their leaders certainly do. By now everyone should've read BLM's organizational and mission statement, it's in their first paragraph: MARXISM!

[@landonrockwell606]

Sad to see so many southerners in the comment sections of pro-Confederate videos talking nonsense and bullshit, so I’m here, as a northerner, to do what the remaining true, sensible, southerners who care about their heritage and history are doing. God bless y’all!

[@timper4326]

Coming from a man who took up arms against our nation. Where I live, we call that a traitor.

[@jt1976jt]

Maybe it is the job of those who know history to teach it.

[@frothybeaver4869]

Amazing history never taught up here in yankee public school.

[@larryweinberg1191]

unfortunately in today's age not in Southern schools either.

[@mjford6152]

Any one can pickup a book and read about Ft Pillow, you have to want to. You'll never get quality from a southern public school. Ever wonder why that is?

[@captainjack8823]

Yup, but it's a must that it is in these times if we are to peaceably survive the current cultural onslaught of the Marxists brought upon our youth at present times.

[@jerrywayne3467]

I feel sorry for the close minded YANK! But if you are above the mason Dixon then understand what this was all about

[@ziggystardust1122]

@@mjford6152 lie

[@jessiecole659]

Nathan B Forrest is a hero of mine I love talking about him and what can of man he was and people always say I didn't know that I just say they don't teach history in school anymore

[@captainjack8823]

Yes, wounded by gunshots what, I think 17 times and never took one day's furlough? You'd probably know.

[@jessiecole659]

@@captainjack8823 I Know he had 17 Horses shot out from under him and he would just get a definite one his last horse name was king Philip

[@captainjack8823]

@@jessiecole659 On my laptop that's now long deceased I had downloaded an excellent biography on Lieutenant Gen. Forrest. It included the full written speech to the Pole Society mentioned here, truly a speech of apologies, reconciliation and an optimism for a better reunified USA for ALL with his promise to help the best that he could for blacks aspiring to overcome their plights that faced their new found freedom. From searching with this phone it appears that Forrest was wounded by gunshots 4 times, while the counts of horses shot out from under him varying from 17 to 30. The biography I had downloaded definitely said more than 4 gunshot wounds yet I do recalll the 17 number in it, so that's probably the count it had of his fallen steeds

[@ShellShock11C]

I remember getting emails about the Forrest reinternment from my SCV compatriots a few months back. I'd love to attend, but the drive was just to far. Rest in peace, General.

[@mattmarzula]

Every true soldier yearns for peace.

[@jennifersteele6150]

Amen and amen!!!!

[@sherrywhitley6927]

Thank you for sharing this history. I graduated from Nathan Bedford Forrest School in 1994. He was a great man. R.I.P Nathan Bedford Forrest.

[@luppokruizinga8342]

he was the founder of the kkk a cruel racist organisation that terrorised black people burned their houses, churches ,schools and lynch mobs killed many black men in my opinion he was not a hero

[@mastershadowreaper]

BirdDogg, you're a history guy, I bet you'd love this KZbin channel Robert Sepehr. I suggest watching his most viewed videos first. easier to start off with. but he's a very likeable and intelligent man like you that sights all his sources and such. he does a really good video about the history of the people of the Appalachian Mountains. I'm from Harpers Ferry WV so videos like that are such a blessing

[@onetakewillie]

One of the most unfairly maligned and misunderstood men in American history. I can only imagine the intellectually lazy, small-minded people who gave him 17 thumbs down because of an inability to think for themselves.

[@Ghostmotorfinger]

Whatever your opinion may be of Nathan Bedford Forrest. He was a tremendously brave man in combat, an incredibly smart businessman. I could not think of a finer man to go to war with. The great writer and historian Shelby Foote has many videos speaking of Nathan Bedford Forrest.

[@deborahhoward2780]

How soon they forget? What a wonderful man he really was. There's a lot of things about him. People don't know like that. He taught the slaves. He had to read and write so that when they were set free they could read and write . Remember his words

[@hambam7533]

would hate to have been in a sword fight with forrest he was a warrior

[@marlon596]

Awesome share. Keep up the good work

[@jamesrobison3]

It is rumored that Jeff Davis said before he died "I can see it all now, if I had made Forrest General of the army of Tennesse we could have won the war. Davis had never met Forrest.

[@matthewmcswegan7403]

Keep chasing that true history birddog. Taught me something today !

[@tracicomstock6525]

We should all be growing everyday into better more God like persons as did Nathan Bedford Forrest. Thank you for this video

[@SusanTaft-o2x]

Sad indeed! We are still fight over what the civil war meant. Why it was fought

[@rebelbatdave5993]

AMEN! ONE OF AMERICA'S BEST! DEO VINDICE! From SOUTHERN OHIO

[@mungebob95]

What a good man, I’m so proud of America!

[@robertdean1929]

Interesting.sounds like he tried to make amends for his past life.

[@KennethMachnica-vj3hf]

He was great man. One of the greatest, if not the greatest man that Tennessee produced. Disgraceful what they did. They're just jealous. Uncultured, etc..

[@PlaneBob747]

We should learn from history much like Nathan Bedford Forrest did. Not delete it. Our current society is pathetic!

[@elizabethrenshaw7021]

He is my brother's doppelganger..Wish I could post a picture to show you 😊

[@tlo42058]

He came home to Columbia I feel way safer now visiting my family Memphis is a 💩 hole. Now it's a shame.

[@SusanTaft-o2x]

Why can't we all live together on peace?

[@SusanTaft-o2x]

We are all Americans just by the fact we have born in this country it does not matter the color of your skin nor where your ancestry can we please stop the back biting and just all get along

[@tlo42058]

Tell them truths about my cousin. So much false information in this world!

[@charlesbelser7249]

Hannibal exterminated the Roman army before him at the battle of Cannae killing them all including every one wounded laying in the ground begging for their lives and it was called one of the most brilliant victories of all time and is studied at war colleges all over the world .The same happened over and over in many battles and that is how you win wars except in circumstances in those days where those you conquered could be added to your army which was not possible in the 1869s in this war. If you go to war to kill others especially as an aggressor and have also committed atrocities against innocent civilians , what ever happens is fair. The Yankees in this case by their actions and at least every white soldier invader definitely deserved at least what the received and actually many of the USCT whom I don't blame other than the ones who had been regularly abusing and commiting crimes against the area's inhabitants which was well reported and documented.

[@jonnie106]

The fact that both battles and wars have been won without "killing them all including every one wounded laying in the ground begging for their lives" disproves whatever point you're trying to make. We do not go to war to kill people. A strategic goal must be the reason for fighting and ideally you kill as many enemies as are needed to attain that goal. Show me a general that emulates Hannibal down to the killing of everyone and I'll show you someone committing genocide. Speaking of atrocities, what of the 3,700 black men, women and children assaulted and murdered by lynch mob justice, from 1870 to 1950? It's relevant because these lynch mobs were at very first comprised 100 percent of confederate war veterans. Most of these veterans were of the too-poor-to-own-a-slave variant. The kind y'all use to assert that confederate soldiers didn't fight for slavery. I'm sure most if not all surviving vets that served with NB Forrest were perfectly used to witnessing and/or performing atrocities to black lynch mob victims. If you aren't in the know, read up on several lynchings, the weapons/tools used, the numbers of people involved. Research even further and you'll learn how lynchings at one point reached a social event level of thing. By this time the veterans are too old but their children are all about it, the second generation being taught well by the first generation. I recall hearing several confederate soldiers being quoted as saying, "I'd rather die than live in a country where I am equal to a negro." I wish the Union army could've accommodated each and every single one of them. Also, may I have your documented source of some USCT regularly abusing inhabitants and committing crimes? Thank you!

[@veanwhitcher7867]

I think we sometimes forget that we are all guilty of sin, and we all have an opportunity to change.

[@jaydubbyuh2292]

I don't know what sin this man committed in defending his people and Homeland. You look back, drunken & deranged with the opiate of hindsight. Look in the mirror and then honestly at the events taking place in those days and think about what you would have done.

[@starsandbars5083]

Hey can you do a video on the battle of fredericktown MO

[@BirdDogg]

I’ll try and get it on the list

[@starsandbars5083]

@@BirdDogg thanks

[@ftargr]

"so whos your pick for civil rights leader?" "weeeeelp"

[@niftyboi8599]

hol up, aint you nathaniel b?

[@norman6694]

Nathan Bedford was trash

[@amandabeadle6982]

Early Democrat activity...live with it...

[@myrtlebeachwolfman7493]

Nathan's Based

[@Michael-fl1tm]

Thank you general Forest for your service in the cause of freedom and fighting against government overreach

[@chrislahay7086]

Betrayed what he fought for

[@johnhafford1970]

I might be related to this man. Bloodlines can be so interesting.

[@fanenthusiast3802]

Sad that people aren't taught real history anymore.

[@mjford6152]

We teach history to those who choose to study. Forrest was a war criminal, just above bushwacker, but not by much. His words are hollow. Judge him on his deeds the way he should be judged. We know the terms of his friendship. Jim Crow, lynching and glorification for the lost cause. I'll take Sheridan or Longstreet over this miscreant soldier. Both far better men.

[@Brett235]

@@mjford6152 Sheridan killed innocent women and children, burned them to death in their homes. He stole livestock and supplies from southern homes because he could. He executed young men that were neutral in the war because they wouldn't fight for the north, so who's the war criminal?

[@mjford6152]

​@@Brett235 ...and Longstreet? Still, far better men.

[@Rick-Williams59]

@@mjford6152 Nathan Forrest was a better man than you will ever be. Go back to school and study real history.

[@mjford6152]

@@Rick-Williams59 ...a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. 2065 not 1865

[@stevehalling816]

Nathan Bedford Forrest is one of the misunderstood men of his time. He doesn't deserve the treatment he getting today. People today are so narrow minded and cannot look at people of the past through there eyes and see the world the were living in

[@bh7286]

It’s just the kkk thing you know, hard to explain away

[@jerryhablitzel3333]

It depends on which aspect of the man you wish to describe. The one before and during the war or the one after.

[@BirdDogg]

@@jerryhablitzel3333 We all benefit from hindsight

[@stevehalling816]

@Patriots Inc. I agree. The fact that he is so difficult to understand makes him all the more fascinating. The people shouting the loudest for Forrest to be dug up and for the monuments to be taken down are the most ignorant. You fly that Confederate flag don't let anybody tell you you cant

[@stevehalling816]

@Patriots Inc. I'm not from the US and here in the UK you can be arrested for flying the Union Jack, this breed of Wokism and communism has spread everywhere and needs to be stopped. I agree any mans right to fly whatever flag he should wish and I agree about the south its people and its traditions are a national treasure that deserve saving

[@bigiron8831]

R.I.P. my Confederate ancestors R.I.P

[@scottiecampbell6933]

I was there in Columbia TN, General Forrest and his wife Mary Ann can finally Rest In Peace. Thanks to the Sons of Confederate Veterans and other historical preservation organizations their graves shall never be disturbed again. Once again great video Bird Dog!!!

[@BirdDogg]

Thanks Scottie!

[@maxinefowler1186]

Unless someone blows it up. I m Black, these Young Black People are sick of these glorified old Racist , who always hide as Christians.

[@wendellgamstead4933]

​@maxinefowler1186 You sound so intelligent maxie, please tell us more so that us poor, ignorant white folk can be as smart as you .😅

[@DH702..]

​@@maxinefowler1186the tribes your people came from enslaved and hated each other just like any other. Sadly you are too ignorant to even think of that

[@jennifersteele6150]

Thanks be to God that someone is actually telling the truth about this man!!!!! History hasn’t ever really and truly been taught properly because history is always written by the “victors” and it’s always skewed and highly biased. I challenge all these people that want to hate on these brave and courageous men to actually research everything thoroughly and without preconceived prejudice about these historical heroes and then make their own decisions about them.

[@lbarnes8207]

They won't though. They much prefer to stick with their victimhood. Easier to blame others than look in the mirror.

[@veanwhitcher7867]

Well, they were actually trying to tear the Nation apart, but yes, many were sorry later, and yes they fought to keep men in chains, not much honor in that. But men are men, capable of great evil and of great change, and Jesus forgives all our sin if we but ask and believe.

[@mjford6152]

@@lbarnes8207 That's the truth. It'll fly right over their heads.

[@carywest9256]

@@veanwhitcher7867 Women can be evil too!

[@carywest9256]

@@mjford6152 l've read all the comments you sent and received, and still haven't a clue what you're talking about (boy/girl).Spit it out and quit beating around the bush!

[@trisgilmour]

He’s definitely a very interesting guy 😀

[@jakeroberts7435]

He called Braxton Bragg out, you have to admire the Wizard of the Saddle, he had commen sense military genius.

[@inthedarkwoods2022]

No historical evidence that did occur.

[@jakeroberts7435]

@@inthedarkwoods2022 Gee history guy, thanks for your insight.

[@hivolt9993]

They took his statue down in Memphis. He was a great general. His family also donated the land that UT medical is on next to his park.

[@ms.donaldson2533]

To eliminate the monuments of the people who were against "The Sect" that arrived and removing the evidence of the "Slave Owners" allows the "Slave Controllers" to continue to control our lives. We fought against a Religious Sect attempting to remove Nature's God from the Constitution, followed by their financial reform 100 years later and now 100 years after that the Medical reformation is happening. In 1826, they passed law to Oath to their "God" and a year later Rockefeller began with a railroad. They threw Columbus in the Harbor here..... right next to the New World Pier that stands over the Civil War museum.

[@migiddymike1403]

We need a N.B.F today.

[@rudolfschock8492]

So true!

[@mjford6152]

Well, we have you.

[@ryanslaughter2830]

We did. It was Donald J Trump

[@migiddymike1403]

@@mjford6152 thanks for the compliment but I'm not that much of a man.

[@loganw1232]

Never knew this about Betford Forest, need to teach love not hatred.

[@uptown_rider8078]

A lot of southern history is misunderstood today. There is a lot of culture and heritage of the south, and much to be learned from it

[@finchborat]

And not everything related to the history of the South is 100% bad.

[@kurtsherrick2066]

No most of the History taught about the South and why they Seceded is a lie and a myth. You see the South was invaded by a raping, murdering, torturing, burning and pillaging Army. Lincoln invaded for Revenue. He threatened the South with Invasion and bloodshed in his First Inaugural Address if they didn't pay their Taxes and Duties. He also tried to secure slavery in the Constitution to Keep the 4 remaining Southern States. In his war Proclamations and Addresses and Letters to Congress he said repeatedly that his war was over a Tax Revolt and a Tax Rebellion. Not one word about slavery. Lincoln and the North were happy to keep slavery has long as they could keep Milking their Cash Cow. Slavery became the narrative by Northern Representatives to cover up their War Crimes against defenseless citizens and the excuse for robbing the South.

[@johnjameson2731]

@@kurtsherrick2066 if only the truth you speak were actually being taught today, our country would be much better off, and informed. They have used the south and the people therein, to promote their authoritarian marxist agenda. Long live DIXIE.

[@kurtsherrick2066]

@@johnjameson2731 That is why they hate our Battle Flag. It is a Christian Flag and is known and has been used to signify fighting against tyranny. Same with the Monuments. People are slowly discovering they have been lied to.

[@johnjameson2731]

@@kurtsherrick2066 so true. I still fly it with pride, and used to be, not that long ago, it was accepted. Especially where im from, even some blacks flew it. But it is sadly being mistaken, as you said, and I agree, a symbol of hate, and its definitely not.

[@normanlathrop6533]

A very good tribute to a tactical genius! Thank you for this presentation!

[@Stormbringer505]

About six months ago I came across a Memphis TN news video showing what BLM did to his burial site in Memphis. I was disgusted angry and more . I left a message of complete disgust for that channel . I lived in Clarksville TN for about 16 years and believe me there's alot of respect for all especially southern war veterans .

[@boblester738]

Tell it to Emmit Till's mother.

[@Gl6619]

@@boblester738I seriously doubt civil war veterans have anything to do with Emmitt Tills murder…I’m not a confederate sympathizer but how about do you virtue signaling elsewhere…

[@joeblowjohndoe206]

Real Americans will never forget general Forrest and the sacrifices he made for us. We used to have heros.. Now those who claim to be victims are celebrated as heros. Pray for our nation.

[@ms.donaldson2533]

We "Real Americans" need to Real Eyes what our ancestors were fighting against - my father moved to the headquarters of the Evil that controls things. If they ban the information of the "Slave Owners" the story of the "Controllers" will never get shown. That is the plan.

[@mjford6152]

Your sick and needy if you have to have this man as your hero. 2065 not 1865.

[@edwardmoore5325]

I guess those real Americans stormed our Capital and still bel3 the election was rigged after being brainwashed by a draft dodger who insulted john mc cain and other vets.the time is far past when America needs to unite on a common good and. Put the racial animosity behind them.

[@captainjack8823]

@@mjford6152 Your comment belies your ignorance, hatred and the glaring fact that you did not watch the entire video. Guess what, hatred breeds hatred and Forrest condemned it and forwarded brotherhood, healing and a renewed dedication to the USA!

[@steveschlackman4503]

@@captainjack8823 I watched the whole video and as I pointed out above Forrest was a very successful slave trader before the war. He bought and sold Black people as if they were cattle. He got rich selling people. There is definitely some question about whether Black people accepted the reinvented Forrest after the war. Forrest was barely literate and had a very hot temper. The Confederate Government certainly never promoted him to a command level. He allegedly had 20 - 30 of his personal slaves dressed in Confederate uniforms riding with him playing pretend soldiers. If this is true it was against the orders of the Confederacy.

[@howardlovecraft750]

An absolute disgrace in removing the man's bones that had been laid to rest over 140 years ago, an absolute disgrace and those people should be ashamed of themselves.

[@williamgunnarsson]

N.B.Forrest is my all-time favorite person. The epitome of Southern manhood.

[@johnsmith-qj2uh]

If by "Southern manhood" you mean selling human flesh and killing for the right to do so, then yes.

[@markwest1963]

@@johnsmith-qj2uh don’t forget treason

[@rickysdadl4256]

It's amazing the replies of cowards. Although I don't agree with NB Forrest, I still admire him. His grandson was the first general killed in WW2

[@williamgunnarsson]

Yes, and his grandson was the last of his line. Stonewall Jackson's grandson was an officer, as well, and was killed in WW2. Gen.Simon Bolivar Buckner was in charge of our troops at Okinawa. He was killed there. He was the son of the Confederate general with the same name. There are several others.

[@rickysdadl4256]

@@williamgunnarsson thanks for the info, I didn't know that.

[@dalemoss4684]

Wow, this is such an amazing insight, and a slap to all those who tarnish this man's name so readily. Thanks, Birddogg!

[@bobwallace9814]

Name another General that led charges himself. He once rode into the Federal lines by himself, was wounded then grabbed a soldier by the collar and yanked him into the saddle as a shield while riding out of the line to his own men. The guy he grabbed was killed by the soldiers firing at Bedford. My Civil War grandfather ancestor was a Captain along with his two brothers from Wayne County TN. that served under Forrest the entire war.

[@mjford6152]

Arthur Mac Arthur. Easy, want to keep going?

[@bobwallace9814]

@@mjford6152 I don't recall your guy in the Civil War.

[@ronaldwinfield307]

This is why it is important to keep a family history. Future generations will appreciate this information.

[@jeffreyhershey5754]

Git thar the fustust with the mostest

[@4thamendment237]

George A. Custer. Always led from the front. At Gettysburg -- "Come on you Wolverines!"

[@ClaytonCountyHistoryHound]

Thanks for sharing another piece of history I knew little about.

[@alexkalish8288]

I had heard that Forest parted with the Klan but never knew of the Pole Sitters speech until your video. Forest was one of the best commanders of the war and both sides recognized him as such. He conduct after the war was impressive as well, as to even attend a Negro organization in the deep south in the 1870's was a brave and courageous act.

[@mjford6152]

Talk is cheap. Actions prove everything. He murdered people and encouraged murder.

[@thefreeman8791]

I will say that people act like Forrest had a conversion. I do not think that he did so much. He did become a civil rights leader but it was not in spite of his past. When he talked about we all breathe the same air and raised on the same soil he is expressing the sentiment of the vast majority of black people at that time and that is that they were all Southerners. Even when Forrest ran slave markets he was known among the slaves as being generous and kind and slaves would beg him to buy them as they knew that under him they would not have their families broken up and that they would be treated well. So while he did participate in slavery, it was not exactly like he ever mistreated them in the first place. My point is just that people act like he had some sort of huge revelation like St. Paul being knocked off of his horse when in reality he was already very gracious to minorities and then just turned that into being a civil rights leader.

[@jakeroberts7435]

I heard there was over 2000 blacks at his funeral, free men, not slaves. But the victor writes the history, distorted thru the ages. As Ceasar said, history will be very good to me, for l am writing it.

[@bh7286]

Ok

[@leemerriweather2471]

@ Bernard S: According to your statement, as follows: "So while he did participate in slavery, it was not exactly like he ever mistreated them in the first place. My point is just that people act like he had some sort of huge revelation like St. Paul being knocked off of his horse when in reality he was already very gracious to minorities and then just turned that into being a civil rights leader." Maybe, Forrest repented in the end!? However, the lesser of multiple evils is ... STILL EVIL!! Slavery is still ... slavery; menstealers are still ... menstealers; and, menstealers are an ... ABOMINATION!!! Hopefully, has will received the grace of the living GOD, ELOHIM! P.S. The KJV makes no mention of Paul ever being "knocked off" any animal!!

[@andrewsward46]

His reputation as a generous and kindly slave dealer is nonsense. Kindliness and slave dealing were antithetical. He inflicted terrible punishments and contrary to his hagiographers’ claims, he freely separated families when there was a profit in it. If you want to know how well regarded he is by black people, ask the black descendants of his coercive coupling with his black cook.

[@andrewsward46]

@@jakeroberts7435 There we’re more like 500: not many when you factor in the size of the black population in Memphis. And those 500 who were adults may have attended just to be damn sure he was really dead.

[@luthercase9001]

This is the type of history at the mainstream are not going to talk about and the schools are not going to teach or they're going to undermine it!

[@TheeDrGroyper]

History buff here. So glad to know that objective, non biased, honest true history channels still exist! Greetings, from California!

[@BirdDogg]

Thanks Ralph!

[@veanwhitcher7867]

When I saw this video, I thought of George Wallace. I truly beleive that old George had a true change of heart and was truly sorry for his malignant behavior. It was so something in his eyes when he held that little black child. Jesus offers us forgiveness for all our sins and the Bible is clear, as Phil Robertson pointed out, there is only one race.

[@williampoff3096]

This is TRUTH!! TRUTH may be censored, but , NEVER SILENCED!! FROM A NATIVE VIRGINIAN OF MANY CONFEDERATE ANCESTORS!! I AM PROUD OF MY HERITAGE!! Don't judge us by those carpetbagging liberals that live in northern Virginia!! Southern Virginia is still fighting!! Deo Vindice!!

[@cynthiaswearingen1037]

What an interesting man, far ahead of his time!💖

[@johntaylor1886]

Yes he was

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

The wonderful man is one of my favorite generals. I am discussed that who ever was in charge of taking down his statue AND exhumed him and his wife to give into the demands of the left.

[@markmeadows2734]

Honored and privileged to have participated in a joint UDC/SCV award ceremony which conferred the title of “Real Daughter” to Miss Lucy Wilkinson in 1986. Her father served in Forrest’s command with the 10th Tennessee Cavalry. Deo Vindice.

[@carolbell8008]

Love Love this video, nice music choice.General lee is said to have admired General Forrest greatly.

[@ReinSman100]

When you are oppressed, I will come to your defence.

[@Mw-tr2oz]

Forest 2024

[@pigmanobvious]

I can give no better description of the man then the one given in Ken Burns civil war series. I will say that if we only could look at him through a honest lens and without the PC BS of today.. one could only conclude that this was truly an extraordinary man and the disrespect he is shown today by some is a tragedy of history.

[@picakuma]

I'll give him credit where credit is due. He went from a slave trader to soldier, to advocate of peace. But he's opinion was not of the majority. The Confederate Survivor Association the first organization to form after the war, called him a traitor to the people. But the man stood by what he believed to be right even against those in the south.

[@rayoliver6807]

He had ZERO SLAVES,his wife inherited 177 slaves let's makethis clear!To pay for the accured debt of his father in law the slaves stayed on to work at the Montgomery Plantation!!

[@picakuma]

@@rayoliver6807 what are you talking about one of his jobs was a slave trader and he did own slaves.

[@kennethhamby9811]

He did trade in slaves, raise cotton, even used all his personal wealth up to outfit his regiment.but he was a truly astonishing person. No military background or education, rose up from a sharecropper, to a millionaire. Became a genius in tactical moves.

[@TruthbetoldJ146]

He freed his slaves before the war was over and even then they weren't resentful towards him.

[@mjford6152]

He lied in public by day and rode with the Klan at night. Two faced traitor that keeps you fools intrigued. 2065! not 1865 again and again ..........

[@richardcampbell7748]

I can’t believe that the statue of this man and his and his wife remains had to be removed …for what …after hundreds of years … unbelievable

[@urbanairgunner6402]

Wow great job ! Can I just say that people are removing monuments and THEY don't even know who was for them and freedom in my opinion that makes them ignorant. The country is in sad shape right now with people trying to erase history.

[@alostpilgrimsjourney5953]

N.B. Forrest a man among men.

[@asuperstraightpureblood]

Great piece. What a life he had.

[@captainjack8823]

It's a must that films such as these about Forrest and Lee are shown our youths in these times if we are to peaceably survive the current cultural onslaught of the Marxists brought upon our youth as of late!

[@eliasmccollum5581]

I have understood that Forrest never had anything to do with the KKK, but that only he was accused of such because of his title, "Wizard of the Saddle," which is more likely referring to his prowess as a cavalry officer.

[@1980bwc]

He's back with the best series on youtube! So glad to see this again Buddy.

[@gdubgoin]

Good Job ...he and Jackson deserve their tale told ..very honorable men . KEEP UM COMIN BIRDDOG

[@jadond.3913]

His view on the Klan is the only valid point, shame their society is so smited by hooligans. Any White Southern nationalist who does not vow to uphold the law and protection of every man and woman, regardless of creed or color, is not welcome nor honored by the spirit of Forrest OR me for that matter. God bless ye all

[@bleedingkansai9961]

I don't see Forrest as a "great" nor "evil" man, but just a rare and complex man who had tenacious practicality towards whatever life put in front of him. That's why whatever he did, good and bad, left a huge mark in every period of his life. I'd argue he was always a rebel even among rebels. Look at his life record: he sold slaves and gambled to support his family despite the low reputation of those activities, he rejected West Point dogma and commanded his own way during the war despite no military training, he openly supported the Klan during Radical rule then later repudiated it when it became injurious, and he engaged in reconciliation with the Pole-Bearers even though he knew other white men would disapprove. To say he was always a good man or that he was a "civil right activist" are silly claims; he was just always a determined (and fiercely temperamental) frontiersman, doing what he felt was necessary even if it went against the majority.

[@mrkitty1367]

another goodun BirdDogg

[@haroldharwell7078]

What we have is a bunch of chronic whiners re-writing history... You would think after 160 years that they would have pulled their head out of their butts...

[@catcrapinahat]

Can't believe they tarnished this man's legacy and threw shame on the things he accomplished, like children with to much time on their hands and no enemy to fight they make their own enemy and claim to defeat them with a false sense of purpose in their life instead of finding a real purpose and meaning. They will never be even a fraction as helpful as this man was to the country they take for granted.

[@toddlarmon3708]

Hi birdDogg. How you doing? Was glad to see your post. They just keep getting better. Do me a favor and message JD and tell him it would be great to see a post from him. I miss him. Take care and thanks and God bless you buddy!

[@timothyhight9588]

Several of my ancestors were in Forest'"s Raiders.

[@alvinalgarin6485]

That's the problem with half of this country, they've been told how to think. Without doing any research. Half of this country's gone mad! There is always two sides of a coin, y'all have a little common sense it's free no need to go to college

[@markchoate9021]

I really do appreciate your videos and the accuracy that they portray. Would that this particular video could become "mandatory viewing" in our public schools across the land, but alas, that will never be in our current environment of revisionist history and twisted political winds. There are so many wonderful stories to be told of famous Americans that are sadly kept buried for all the wrong reasons. You do a great service to us all with your publications. Again, thank you.

[@BirdDogg]

Thanks so much Mark!

[@BlueEyedColonizer]

Well done sir

[@rosewg]

I have to say, I watched this video with an open mind. Let me start by saying that I graduated in ‘75 from the former NB Forrest HS in Jacksonville, Fl now known as Westside High. Back then I learned that he was the first Grand Wizard of the KKK. It was hard to deal with the fact that I went to a school that bore his name but didn’t have a problem with my classmates whom I attended the establishment with. There were other negative things I learned such as he was a slave trader and commanding general of the Ft Pillow massacre. However; I’ve also learned of the positives he has done such as trying to disband the KKK and trying to be an ally towards African Americans during that time of trouble. I didn’t want to believe the latter at first because I heard it before, but now since seeing this presentation, I will make an effort to study up on him more.

[@BirdDogg]

Thanks so much Gary for visiting with an open mind. At the end of the day my hope is that people explore original documents and try to see all of the nuances that affected the country at the time. So many southerners were conscripted (over half of the confederate army) and were simply men bent to the will of the politicians and power brokers. The argument over what the war started over, whether it was the atrocities of slavery or taxes is a moot point to me. The result was the end of a tragic chapter in our countries history and the beginning of a great regrowth that had slowly but steadily made progress until only recently. I feel that divide upon us again however and it weighs increasingly on my mind. I am hopeful we can find a way to come together again, but humans are a sorted lot. At any rate, I salute you sir for your curiosity and your willingness to quell the flames of division, we are all after all, broken individuals trying to find our way, and those who shine the light lead us out of darkness

[@tribblebooth1224]

Pathetic attempt to defend the indefensible.

[@jeffreymorris4827]

Nowadays generals want to raise up men, so they can look up there skirts 🚬💣👽💩🚲🎣🇺🇸 Let's go Brandon

[@nascarmommam5915]

So sad they removed history. Interesting story Thank you. ~ Texas

[@stonewalljackson5692]

General Forrest.......I never met him, but damnit did General Lee and myself respect him. Forrest was a true hero of our 2nd war of independence.

[@JupiterCamelz]

My whole view, did a 360 on this man mentioned, Nathan Bedford forest!, again I am happy that I found this channel 🤙🏾

[@d4ndyr63]

nathon b

[@southernson5610]

God bless Dixie

[@Rick-Williams59]

After reading a lot of comments I noticed that most people are ignorant to history. Lincoln was a tyrant, who owned slaves, and made threats of destroying the South if they did not succumb to his tyrannical rules. And I've also noticed that Northerners who talk trash about us Southerners always retire and move to the South, I wish they would stay their ass up North.

[@leadshark9461]

Lincoln never owned any slaves. That's a common lost cause myth. What tyrannical rules are you talking about? Not expanding slavery into the new territories? The CSA lost the Civil War. Do you feel like the USA at this moment is a tyrannical dictatorship? CSA made clear why they were seceding.

[@mike6963170]

Thank you for a fine video and research on NBF!!

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[@southslastrebel2575]

Awesome dude

[@garyrobertson5629]

My Great Great Grandfather followed the general into the war falling under his command June 10th 1864.