Rare Confederate Film: Nathan Bedford Forrest's Troops (The Civil War Diaries S4E13)

In today's episode we view rare Confederate film of Nathan Bedford Forrest's troops at a confederate reunion as well as a few other confederate veterans visiting an airforce base and spending time with family members.
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[@truebeliever5233]

That was impressive. Those men are the reason why Governor DeSantis of Florida is blocking the woke left from dismantling our Confederate monuments. To live through all that carnage and then we are be able to view these men in their twilight years many years later stirs something in your heart. Thank you for sharing this with us. I needed to see this to remember my duty to protect the memorials erected for brave men such as these.

[@suzanneflowers2230]

Exactly right.

[@stevepierce6467]

I often wonder why I never see in Germany any statues of Hitler, Himmler, Rommel, Rundstedt, Manstein or Kesselring, not to mention Sepp Dietrich. Apart from Hitler and Himmler, they were all brave battlefield generals. Could it be that the Germans, even though they may have admired their courage, wisely decided not to commemorate the cause they stood for? Same for the south. I am a northerner and a Civil War student. I have pictures of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson adorning my shelves of books on the war, along with some of Union generals as well. Lee especially represents qualities of honor lost among most Americans today. Nathan Bedford Forrest, on the other hand, went on to found the Ku Klux Klan after the war.

[@robinlepaige1653]

@@stevepierce6467 Actually, Forrest didn't found the Klan and was not initially even a member. He was nominated later by others to be it's titular head because of his name and reputation from the war. The Klan originally, a social club, quickly evolved into a vigilante organization as a result of the abuses by Radical Republicans who came to power following the assassination of Lincoln; true South haters who sought to plunder and destroy the the South politically, culturally, and economically after the war and to exploit and use the black vote to that end. (Forrest actually ordered the dissolution of certain rogue Klan organizations that had become too violent). In the sheriff's office of the rural North Carolina county where I live is a plaque listing officers killed in the line of duty. The first name on the list was a Northern Radical Republican sheriff put in office by other Radicals in Congress when the South was under martial law after the war. Following his name is the caption: "Killed by the Ku Klux Klan.

[@marksaucier]

@@stevepierce6467 what's the rest of the story on Forrest ? Tell the whole story.

[@stevepierce6467]

@@marksaucier See my humbled response to BirdDogg just below after he reminded me of NBF's later apparent change of heart and positive contributions.

[@unbreakable7633]

My great great great grandfather rode in one of Forrest's companies, Sgt. George Taylor. One of the true geniuses of the war, Forrest was called a devil by Sherman because Sherman could never corner him and was a constant thorn in his side. During WW2, the great German field marshal Rommel was asked where he got his strategy and answered, "Nathan Bedford Forrest."

[@jameswilson313]

Sherman wanted him dead and declared him the best general on either side. Asked who his best general was general Lee replied the general I never met, Nathan Bedford Forrest.

[@SunofYork]

He was an insurrectionist loser..a traitor

[@michaelboyce9869]

Good for you

[@Chris-Rife]

Funny thing after reading your comment, I instantly thought but how good? because both Forrest and Rommel lost.

[@SunofYork]

@@Chris-Rife The confederate fans regularly forget that they were losers, and insurrectionists, and traitors to the USA, and supporters of slavery....

[@paulstieler4468]

Robert E Lee The Epitome of an Officer and Gentlemen

[@user-cn7np8fj7c]

And a Godly man,he refused to let his troups mount an insergentcy,he was honored by his troups.He ended up the president OF LSU.THE slavery issue took the fight out of many Confederate soldiers.The north did not have might of the right until they freed the slaves,it only freed them in the states in rebellion,by the way.

[@vernieistooold]

And a loser. He surrendered to Grant.

[@user-cn7np8fj7c]

@@vernieistooold He was 3 times the general that the drunk was and he sold our country back to the city of London bankers that are pilliging our country to this very day.Go LSU tigers that's where Lee went,Grant mismanaged the country as president and had horrible graft going.

[@kravin74]

This is the coolest video I have ever seen! It's too bad amazing things like this will never be shown in schools again. Or maybe the freedom loving people will rise up once again and restore common sense.

[@stevepierce6467]

The "freedom-loving" people? Who are these, the descendants of the ones who owned and whipped slaves?

[@bradleysmith9431]

I never thought id see a photo much less a video of a civil war veteran riding a us military bomber. This is so fascinating

[@wccroft50]

would have been a help at Gettysburg

[@seanodwyer4322]

@@wccroft50 pity Konfederates did not have full germen parahenellia via w.w.2 in 1860- 1866 Mixed Total War.''

[@OleIrishReb]

I had 3 grt grandfathers who rode with/under Forrest. One as his guard unit. The more I see on Forrest the better I understand him, thanks for sharing this! Semper Fi!

[@garymckee8857]

Outstanding

[@markadkins9290]

Did you join the Son's of Confederate Veterans Semper Fi

[@garymckee8857]

@markadkins9290 I at one time paid for the Tennessee license plate that had the small battle flag, and it supports the daughters of Confederate Veterans if l remember correctly, but I used get pulled over more because of the plate. Semper Fidelis, my friend.

[@KennyInSubic]

3 you say?

[@MichaelGibbons-uk2mc]

Two comments re Forrest. Fort Pillow Massacre of surrendered black union prisoners, a war crime even then, and founder of the KKK.

[@randyjames4380]

I teared up a little watching this. GOD BLESS THESE GALLANT AND BRAVE MEN OF THE SOUTH WHO FOUGHT IN THIS WAR OF ATTRITION FROM THE NORTH. These were my people !!!

[@brianferrero2711]

The South lost, and the South is still the shittiest place on the planet.

[@suzanneflowers2230]

That's right.

[@stevepierce6467]

I tear up a bit when I see the old photos of slaves showing the whip scars on their backs.

[@Janetsfear]

Not me, must just be allergies kicking in a bit

[@ncnovembergrl2009]

My third great grandfather lost his life on Bloody Sunday on South Mountain, MD. Part of NC 23 Regiment.

[@georgiapines7906]

May the Good Lord richly bless his soul. Deo Vindice.

[@bloodybones63]

My GG Grandfather was captured there in Fox's Gap on 9/14/62. Near Boonsboro. He was exchanged about a month later, so sick that he died in a Richmond hospital, & is buried there. 20th NC

[@tracypartin7408]

God Bless him. And God bless our North Carolina

[@michaeltubbs4606]

May his descendants sing praises to his name until the Stars burn out.

[@clintjohnson7023]

Real American heros. Best military in the world. Only list because they ran out of stuff to fight with. They were out numbered Out gunned and out of ammo . But never out fought. Or out classed .

[@darylhoskins5696]

Out classed ? Grant took The Impregnable Vicksburg .And Sherman kicked Ass ,As Did Stonewall Jackson ,Forrest was good too ,Excuses for losing War ! If Grant was given Comnand from the Start war would have been over in two Years !!

[@TimothySimpson-qf1xk]

​@@darylhoskins5696 wrong. Grant would have faced The ANV in it's prime. There's a reason Grant was called a "butcher". Casualties would have been significantly higher in the AOP.

[@caleb2507]

@@darylhoskins5696I agree with Tim. Ironically, if Grant was leading from the start I think the war would have been LOST in 2 years for the Union. Reason being exactly as mentioned; Grant was good at throwing large numbers towards problems regardless of casualties. The ANV would have slaughtered so many so fast that the North would have totally rethought whether fighting would have been worth it. Grant was nothing special he was a coward, butcher, hater of his own countrymen, drunk, corrupt, womanizer, and gambler. But yeah let’s applaud him over true noble sons of the South (most of which traced lineage to before the American Rev. or family served in the American Rev. opposed by mostly new/ foreign Yankees with drinking problems).

[@buckshot6481]

Ran out of food. Gen. Lee's troops were starving.

[@buckshot6481]

​@@darylhoskins5696ding dong, Stonewall Jackson was a Confederate General.

[@ronwallace6273]

God bless our heroes of south 😊

[@laurykitts]

You mean the traitors of the south? They took up arms against the USA…traitors every one of them!

[@alvinmarcus5780]

The south left the union to excape a overbearing federal government. Somehow that seems familiar. 🧐

[@zebradun7407]

Slavery was against the law, democrats flouted that law, started a war that destroyed half the nation and they are at it again.

[@jeromedavid7944]

The Civil War was the Confederacy armed insurrection attempt to preserve their economic advantage of free agricultural labor. The only people who deny the overall importance of the South's slavery position are either white supremacists or very ignorant of US history. Possibly both! John Brown's attack on northern Virginia's arms store had nothing to do with states rights and everything to do with the institution of slavery. This event occurred even after blood was already shed in the name of emancipation in Kansas bloody Kansas. Consequently, if Brown could've been successful or even destroyed that Harper's Ferry armory the Civil War could've been avoided. Those 100,000 rifles are what armed the South's foot soldiers for the first two years of the conflict.

[@patchadams4me]

Time for the south to rise again?!

[@bobmitchell2123]

Too bad they treated a whole race of humans like cattle, but I know there was more to it for the brave men that did the actual fighting. Isn't that how all wars are though?

[@jeromedavid7944]

John Brown wasn't terrorizing good olé Virginny for States Rights I do believe! Had he succeeded in destroying that armory of a 100,000 rifles at Harper's Ferry the Army of Northern Virginia wouldve had no guns for the first two years of the Civil War. As many of them laid strewn across farm fields, a bloody lane, and stone bridge crossing a little creek name Antietam in a 1862 Maryland town named Sharpsburg.

[@dixieleeranch]

Fantastic! They don't make them like these boys any longer! The best, bravest and Fiercest!

[@dixieleeranch]

Keep doing great content like the above. Thanks

[@SunofYork]

Who won the war (lol)

[@SunofYork]

@@jds6206 Traitors, insurrectionists, racists, losers... Sounds like any 2024 bankrupts / convicted rapists ?

[@tbone6203]

Damn right theres a few of us left man

[@SunofYork]

@@tbone6203 Confederates are losers who can't get normal weight girlfriends, and have given their money to trumputin (born New York yankee)

[@JacobBarbee-jf4fy]

You know when that cop handed that man a machine gun, he had to quip "With these we coulda won ya know" with a wink and a gleam, still kicking

[@nonokodog622]

I'm not from the South and I don't think any member of my family had immigrated to the US until after the Civil War. I'm still fascinated with the Confederacy and look to the past for inspiration. Our Liberty is hanging by a thread.

[@rodread1531]

THANK YOU, from a southerner

[@yafuker6046]

I always had an affinity with the Conferderacy too since first grade. Could never understand why for a long time. I guess maybe they seemed more wild and fierce. Same as dinosaurs to other kids(?)@@rodread1531

[@deathtoideologues]

who's liberty?

[@scottenlow5249]

When you see these old guys, how many look like rich, property owners? Most Southern soldier were poor farmers that were drafted into repelling who they saw as invaders of their home States.

[@deathtoideologues]

@@scottenlow5249 The south invaded Fort Sumter first.

[@coastalkev3776]

After him and his wife were chased out of Memphis, they are resting in peace at Elm Spings Tn. God bless ' Old Bedford '.

[@Mag_Aoidh]

And it, along with every other asinine thing this city has done has really changed everyone’s future. Nope, they’re still killing each other left and right.

[@NikkiGuns58]

He literally founded and led the KKK. Hell no

[@markchoate9021]

I had the honor of riding my horse in escort of the hearse bearing his and Mary Ann's casket when they were transported from Memphis to his boyhood home in Chapel Hill the day before it was carried to Elm Springs. It was an emotional moment for certain.

[@lonniemonroe2714]

These modern day fools led by a race baiter like Barack HUSSEIN Obama like to lie & cover up history & facts. Wish someone would print the truth about Bedford. May be able to do research on your own..if it hasn't been taken down. The truth that is. He did a lot after the war. Built schools for children of former slaves. A lot of his slaves rode with him. Misled into lending his name to the KKK. Thanks N.C. Genl. Earl van Dorn. Demanded it be disbanded when he found out. His grandson..Nathan Bedford Forrest-3 was shot down in a B-17 over France in 1942. Either a Lt. General or Brig. General. He wanted to get a better look at the layout to help his men. Leading from the front. These worthless modern liberal led by race baiters like Barack HUSSEIN Obama have distorted history. The record needs corrected

[@lonniemonroe2714]

​@@markchoate9021Indeed. Quite the honor.

[@charlescole357]

I had family in the third seventh eighth and 12th Kentucky cavalry with General Forrest from 63 to the end of the war

[@user-yr4mo3iz4d]

yayyy

[@robertdipaola3447]

Gen Rommel learned a lot of his surprise tactics and movements from nathan Bedford forrest, he studied his tactics of fighting and beating a much karger adversary

[@pshehan1]

Amazing that an old fellow who fought in the civil war lived to inspect a jet bomber. I am Australian but lived and worked in the US in 1986-87 (Syracuse U). I found Americans generous and welcoming. I am still in regular email contact with a friend from that time and will be visiting her in July. I have an American cousin whose Australian mother married an American serviceman in WWII. He is a frequent visitor. Brought his son and grandson a couple of months ago. I had a great grandfather and great uncle who served in the Australian army in WWI and a grand father and two cousins the air force in WWII, one KIA as a bomber pilot, lost over New Guinea. His brother was a bomber pilot, shot down over Germany and was supposed to go out in the Great Escape, but as he had been a medical student and the closest they had to a doctor was replaced by another man who was among the 50 executed by the Germans. I interviewed WWII veterans of the 2/14 Battalion AIF (Australian Imperial Force) who served with Americans at the Battles of the Beaches (Buna, Gona Sanananda) on the north coast of New Guinea.

[@BirdDogg]

How fascinating, I am actually working up a series on the world wars, looking forward to diving into their history more. Both of my grandfathers and great grandfathers, as well as my father, my mother and myself all served in the US armed forces. 🫡

[@pshehan1]

@@BirdDogg OK. Another story of American and Australian co-operation. In 2018 I visited the WWI battlefields of France and Belgium. At Le Hamel in France the Stars and Stripes and Southern Cross fly side by side at the memorial there. The Australian Corps commander John Monash planned the battle there and had some Americans under his command to gain some experience with the Australians. He included them in his battle plans. When Pershing found out that they were to be used in an offensive action, he tried to have them withdrawn. Monash contacted the British 4th Army commander Rawlinson and basically said 'No Americans, no battle.' So the Americans participated. The date was July 4 1918 Pershing could hardly complain when Monash praised the American effort and a number were awarded British decorations, and one was later awarded the Medal of Honour. Le Hamel was brilliant set piece in which Monash combined tanks, artillery, infantry and aircraft in novel ways. The aircraft resuplied the advancing troops from the air. It was planned to take 90 minutes. It took 93. Monash repeated the tactics on a larger scale on August 8 when the Australian and Canadian Corps spearheaded the attack at the Battle of Amiens which Ludendorff called the Black Day of the German army. It began the Hundred Day advance which ended with the armistice of November 11.

[@wccroft50]

Been to Australia 6 times. Love the Assusies "good day Mate!!!

[@seanodwyer4322]

William O'Dwyer- 100th mayor off new York City was my grandfathers Cousin.- We use too talk about him at the Dinner table on Grandads 1,300 acre farm - Gwavas B. on highway 50 - new zealand.- Grandad name was - Denis Thomas O'Dwyer.

[@jesterboykins2899]

80% of the southern soldier who fought never owned a slave. Or would go off to fight and possibly die for one. Of all the southern population, only 4% owned slaves. Slavery was not “the cause”. Independence was. Slaver was the scapegoat.

[@LostInMarxism]

Independence from what? What caused the South to secede?

[@fishgeralding9224]

What were the taxes that caused the Civil War? The tariff, a tax on imported goods, was the sole cause of the war. Northern manufacturers, who had gained political control in northern states, wanted the government to lay heavy taxes on foreign commerce to "protect" their domestic business. The morrill tax act.

[@John-uv7zp]

@@LostInMarxismdemocrats

[@kennethhamby9811]

History’s narrative is always rewritten by the victors to suite their points of views.

[@eaSTS9]

@@John-uv7zpfunny back then it was reversed... the southern states were majority democrat and the north republican... but i understand what you meant

[@SteveBrownRocks2023]

It’s amazing to see these men that were actually in Gen. Forrest’s cavalry!

[@michaelbrannonhuddleston5884]

1860 us census showed 93% of southerners did NOT own a single slave.

[@stevepierce6467]

But they allowed the rich slave-owning class to draft them into a war.

[@jenjen.rutherford8559]

They didn't own slaves because they couldn't afford them . Not because they were against slavery .

[@mikerichard6962]

And you know that HOW?

[@stanhutchins4365]

God bless these soldiers and there service to there country. I’m so very proud and of my ancestors

[@jesterboykins2899]

3:36 Civil war vet with his foot on the ladder of a jet. Wow…

[@newelllondon724]

F86 Sabre Jet, Korean War early 1950s

[@franckym65]

If we assume he was about 20 in 1862, sounds reasonable, doesn't it, then he'd be 110 years old in 1952 in front of this F86! Kinda odd though, no?

[@jesterboykins2899]

@@franckym65 🤷🏽‍♂️maybe

[@yafuker6046]

Yeah, I was a bit skeptical, but even if he was born about 1848, lied about his age which was easier to do back then, was 16 when he joined, he'd be about 103 in the film? Possible, I guess.@@franckym65

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

Maybe he was a drummer boy. 9 to 12 years was not uncommon.

[@barefoofDr]

Gen. Forrest was the finest Cavalry Gemeral of the war. Here to Forrest and the Brave Tennessee.

[@Lisahough4738]

These brave men fought for freedom from tyranny and there land earned by honest toil, God bless them all. THE SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN !

[@notseekingconverts]

And what about their land?

[@jackstoltz1379]

They already have risen. The south were the Democrats. Democrats are in charge of the country. Biden is president. There is science fields forcing COVID vaccines. Planned Parenthood selling baby parts. Mostly of the 55 million back baby's they killed. So there doing good it seems like

[@laurykitts]

The idiots will continue to believe. The outcome will be the same.

[@Dynomitedog2]

What you mean by the south will rise again? They lost, slaves were freed.

[@stevepierce6467]

Hmmmm, freedom from tyranny? Whose tyranny? The tyranny of those who used "honest toil" of slaves to get their land, those who left terrible whip scars seen in photographs of freed slaves?

[@frankstefini3392]

That was a wonderful video. I can’t even imagine what horror’s these men witnessed. They were all so well dressed and most were in good spirits.

[@mattkarres3321]

Salute!

[@animemanganet]

Looks like 40's? Grandpa used to carve stuff out of wood. An elderly neighbor used to whittle me whistles when I was young. People don't really do much of that anymore... ~sigh~ Thank you for your videos!

[@mistervacation23]

I don't know I think some of it is 40s. But they were showing a jet in the US didn't have Jets till after World War II. So some of it may have even been 50s

[@hubertwalters4300]

I thought all of the Civil War veterans were all dead by 1920's.

[@mistervacation23]

@@hubertwalters4300 you would think so but you'd be wrong

[@caleb2507]

@@hubertwalters43001930s but I’m sure a handful made it to the 40s/50s, tougher generation than even the Greatest Generation was in my opinion.

[@pughoneycutt1986]

Gallant old men gathering to remember their youth

[@dannyl2598]

Thanks Chris. I love the look of satisfaction on the face of the grandfather and especially the little fella that he was helping. Grandparents are very important in forming our future, it's a shame that they have been replaced with TV, computers and cell phones.

[@ricks4361]

Fascinating film seeing these heroes of the South inspecting modern US combat aircraft. I’m betting more than a couple of them were thinking ‘if we’d only had a few of these’.

[@richardkluesek4301]

In the Spirit of 1776, never too young, sick, or old to serve fighting for your country, and JFK's admonition to ask not what your country does for you but what you do for your country, these great Americans were still fit for duty and ready for action. Yankees and Rebs too.

[@user-bd5nh5eb4b]

Amazing a Civil War Calvary Veteran wearing a flight helmet standing at next to what appears to be an F 101 fighter jet! Just imagine the things he witnessed come to be!❤

[@chiplilly7896]

Strange how we like to forget how short, time and history really is.

[@John-uv7zp]

RIP TO ALL THESE SOLDIERS REAL MEN WE WILL NEVER FORGET… no liberals no bullshit from democrats just Men

[@adrianwatts4908]

Was,nt Jefferson Davis a Democrat as Lincoln a Republican?

[@CSA1861]

God bless our Southern Martyrs. Deo Vindice 🇸🇴

[@LostInMarxism]

Martyrs? HEROES!

[@dustyak79]

@@LostInMarxismHeroes Commemorated for what they achieved or Martyrs Commemorated for sacrificing for their beliefs or faiths.

[@LostInMarxism]

@@dustyak79 Indeed. These gents were not conscripted (like the Federal Army) rather they volunteered to fight against a government which violated its own Constitutional Law in waging war upon the South.

[@stevepierce6467]

@@LostInMarxism Let's see if I remember....it was the South who fired on Ft. Sumter and started seceding. I actually did study history.

[@LostInMarxism]

@@stevepierce6467 Your academic "history" was subverted. You may wish to research: 1) Southern states legally seceding, per U.S. Constitutional law, after near twenty years of violent debate on the congressional floor. 2) The Federal Government first blockaded the South's primary commerce port and landed its troops ashore to seize its attached city prior to Fort Sumter. 3) The fact Northern states had slavery too. In fact, there were sub-Saharan men who owned sub-Saharan slaves... in the Federal "North". Must I continue?

[@jaydubbyuh2292]

Thank you for obeying the Commandment: Honor thy father & mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy GOD giveth thee. GOD bless thee Brother BirdDog

[@daveanderson3805]

Fascinating film.

[@speakupriseup4549]

Amazing to see the old boys with WW2 aircraft and that carving fellow's skill was terrific.

[@charlesramsay2401]

Those men must had acquired the slogan hard times of one survived strengthens a soul and body. They survived the civil war and serving under Forrest.

[@charlesramsay2401]

Bird Dog I love your call sign we must be a kind of soul mates as I had participated in quail hunts with my dad and neighbors so I'm very familiar with the sporting breeds of English Setters and Pointers. I having lived in Vicksburg one can't escape a historical perspective of civil war and fan of N B Forrest. Legend has it Prince Philip the famous Mount of Forrest had somehow delivered to him from Vicksburg before the siege had ended I also like the background music it has that relaxing Celtic blend.

[@empirenationalnursery4964]

Heros and patriots all... NBF, a true American Patriot. God Bless our Southern heritage ❤❤❤

[@brianferrero2711]

I've been to every single crappy southern state and they all suck. The weather sucks too. The people are racist and uneducated and constantly rely on others for cash including educated blue states. The South is the nations dump and that includes the awful State of Texas.

[@stevepierce6467]

What a horrible prostitution of the word "Patriot!" NBF founded the Ku Klux Klan after the war.

[@ehayes5217]

Wow, this is really rare, as I've never even seen this one (& I've been researching archival footage like this for decades!)😲 Thanks so much for posting👍😃🇺🇸

[@trime1851]

Very interesting - thank you for posting! I wish your video had included the years that each one was taken and the identities if each veteran.

[@BirdDogg]

If only I knew!

[@michaelsullivan2554]

They went through hell trying to defeat Northern tyranny. Don't believe for a second it was in support of slavery. 99.9% of Southern soldiers did not own slaves. They lost and look at what we are suffering now. Heroes.

[@TD_IL]

Chill

[@jesterboykins2899]

Never have never will. Deo Vindice

[@DippfaceHQ]

Yeah and World War 2 was about Adolf Hitlers facial hair

[@glockerbob]

Yup only people that had slaves were wealthy. Don’t imagine there were a whole lot of them. Well plenty I’m sure but guarantee there were more poor folks.

[@stevelauda5435]

Agreed!, I cannot believe that most people think it was about slavery. It is too bad that the south lost

[@jeffnelson9420]

Man, wouldn't that be cool to find a piece that feller whittled up. Thanks for sharing.

[@BirdDogg]

Indeed!

[@kennethshields7956]

The cause was " States rights" over Federal control. Too bad more Americans don't know that. Since we are dealing with the same problem today.

[@yafuker6046]

Too bad Americans don't know a LOT of things. I wonder what life in the south would be like today with an entirely opposite outcome?

[@vernieistooold]

It was about slavery. They considered slaves to be property… like a farm animal. Wanted to keep their “property”.

[@MsSnu]

Yes, a states right to own slaves. Each states succession documents declare their right to keep slaves. Google is free.

[@shirleybalinski4535]

As a northerners, I agree.

[@libertycoffeehouse3944]

​​@@vernieistoooldIs that right? How come the northern states passed a proposed constitutional amendment through both the House and the Senate to make slavery permanent where it existed? Why did the north pass a resolution in Congress saying the war was not to interfere with slavery where it existed?

[@stevied8592]

Loved the video!!! Just a quick note the US Air Force was not formed till 1946 … so some of the video showed jets hhmmm cool !

[@gunnerwestjessewest3486]

That has to be the neatest video I have ever seen . It's puts a lot into thought . Due to the time lapse goin on there u have a civil war vet looking at a world war 2 plane . Amazing . My Grandpa was a kid when. All this was goin on 😮.

[@CSAFD]

I live 20 miles from Brice's crossroads and my land is the first day action of the battle of tupelo on July 14,1864, my family other land is the 2nd day action of old town creek/tupelo, July 15,1864.

[@mikeperry6528]

I need to come metal detecting. Haha.

[@CathyCorriher-jb1ot]

God bless those Southern boys....one of the greatest generation of men

[@dustyak79]

Check out General Joe Shelby sometime. Most people don’t know about him. In my opinion he kinda tops Forest in accomplishments. I was able to metal detect the property he lived on before he died . Didn’t find much.

[@JonJaeden]

04:31 I'm pretty sure that's CSA vet Bill Lundy at Elgin AFB in Florida. Official images give the date as 1955. I would have been 4 years old then. Strange to think our lives overlapped. When i was a kid we used to vacation at Lundy's fish camp north of Auburndale. Wonder if there's a connection.

[@marknewton6984]

Auburndale still exists. Nice place.

[@troywilliams6694]

yep my G grandpas and great uncles rode in freys brigade under general forest , outta north carolina,the raper family a buncha half cherokee/english

[@seanodwyer4322]

Funny how ahh had a dream off twin towers falling in july 2001 near u.s.a. embassy in new zealand and neaxt day met a Cherokee lady from U.S.A. - ????????

[@redohe9508]

Thanks for your diligent work and sharing the memories of our respected men of our past.

[@jamescottrell7367]

Imagine the change they saw ib their lives.

[@glockerbob]

That was awesome. Thank you sir!

[@135john135]

Real men back then look how far we have fallen but those men inspire me, they dared greatly and gave their all.

[@wendellgamstead4933]

If those valiant men could see what has become of their sacred homeland...😢

[@bloodybones63]

If those Yankee soldiers could have seen what has become of our country, they would have deserted to the South.

[@brianferrero2711]

The South has always been a shithole because of your racism. Enjoy your "valiant" loss.

[@susiek.johnson3923]

I wonder if the Grandson of Nathan Bedford Forrest was at this event. So interesting seeing this film.

[@colkelley]

Forrest's grandson was killed on a bombing mission over Germany.

[@user-lh1hd8ss9i]

Brig Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest III US Army Air Force was flying in a B-17 as an officer obsever so as to be oriented to the combat operations of the Eighth Air Force, Eighth Bomber Command as he was scheduled to take command of an Air Division. The plane that he was flying in was damaged as the result of a German fighter attack or anti-aircraft fire(flak) with both pilots wounded. Gen Forrest volunteered to fly the plane so that the crew could bail out. Before he could bail out, the plane either exploded or went into a high speed dive that prevented him from bailing out so that he was killed in action. His body was found by a German army unit and buried in the nearest German cemetery until the war ended and his remains were returned to the US. He was recommended for the Congressional Medal of Honor but was awarded a lesser decoration possibly the Distinguished Service Medal. The decision was made at US Army Air Force Headquarters in Washington D C as well as in the White House and one source alledged that his being denied the Congressional Medal of Honor was a politically motivated one as he was the grandson of Gen Forrest, a former Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and a potential untried war criminal guilty of the Fort Pillow Massacre in which his unit massacred white officers and black soldiers who garrisoned the fort. It is unfortunate that such an outstanding airman and brave officer should be denied the medal that many think that he earned but then enduring feelings about past events often continue to influence the events of today. I find it interesting that often those in a positions of authority that make such decisions have never served, never served in combat or are willing to go along with flawed policies even though their past combat experience tells them that they should oppose such policies. When these individuals have been granted authority to make defense policy and employ forces the result is a disaster as it is today. @@colkelley

[@georgiapines7906]

​@@user-lh1hd8ss9iThank you for sharing.

[@colkelley]

@@user-lh1hd8ss9i - FYI, there was a Congressional Investigation in 1871 chaired by Sherman to investigate the KKK/Forrest and the results were not only that Forrest DID NOT form the KKK or serve as Imperial Wizard but tried to get it to disband, and that there was NO "Ft. Pillow Massacre" (the 1864 "investigation was simply wartime propaganda). If you actually research history and look through the Federal Official Records of the War of the Rebellion (published by the Federal government) you find a receipt from the Acting Captain of the U.S. (Union) Steamer Silver Cloud in which he acknowledged receiving the most seriously wounded United States Colored Troops from Forrest's Adjutant. Critics should try using a tiny bit of critical thinking and realize that NO ONE committing a "massacre" would be concerned about getting proper treatment for seriously wounded Colored Troops. The barracks that were burned were burned by Union troops at the orders of the Acting Commanding Officer of Ft. Pillow. We are still suffering the effects of two myths: The "Saint Lincoln Myth"; the "Union good, South bad" myth. Actually, the only person tried or convicted as a war criminal from the Civil War was a Union officer, Colonel Turchin, for ordering his troops to spend five days to lay waste to undefended Athens, Alabama. He was charged, Court Martialed and convicted of war crimes. The Court Martial recommended that he be discharged and spend two years in prison. Saint Lincoln instead pardoned Turchin (thought to be a former Russian officer whose real name was Turchinsky) and additionally promoted him to Brigadier General. So Saint Lincoln pardoned AND promoted the only convicted war criminal of the Civil War. It's a pity that fairy stories still replace actual documented history BTW, I am a Vietnam air combat Veteran (my father was a WW2 Pacific Navy carrier Veteran) and if you go to the Appomattox Surrender Grounds the Kelley House belonged to my Great-great Granduncle and the Surrender Triangle belonged to my Great-great Grandfather.

[@suzanneflowers2230]

​@user-lh1hd8ss9i In instances like this, we trust that the Lord's reward is far superior to any recognition from man.

[@tigerboy60]

NBF and John S Mosby were my favorite Calvary Commanders. When they ask NBF his stratigy he answered "Ever who gets there Fastest with the Mostest" usually wins.

[@davidbradley3735]

I have a large original photo photograph of N. B. Forrest Staff on card stock taken around 1900

[@anglohero6295]

Wow!

[@timisfree1768]

Outstanding!!!

[@wccroft50]

ok My ancestors did not serve under Bedford Forrest,. Colonel Edward Croft of the 14th South Carolina were the first Confederate troops in Gettysburg . General Nathanial Bedford Forrest was a great man and I respect his service!! May the Bonnie Blue Flag wave ever more

[@user-qg9fj4yj9g]

Great comments, God Bless All and God Bless America.

[@ArmenianBishop]

Mary Forrest Bradley (1869 -- 1965) Nathan B Forrest's granddaughter, married Thomas Bradley (1866 -- 1918). She was 8 years old at the time of her grandfather's death, and did remember him from her childhood encounters.

[@wandahelmer1038]

My Grand Father, God rest his soul told me story's of the civil war vets he knew and talked to. Grand dad fought in ww1 got 2 purple hearts and lived till 1983, long enough for another great Grand child. God give our vets the rest they deserve.

[@mwdjr3158]

Fantastic!

[@danaugust2756]

Amazing video! A Nobel way of life these modern-day philistines are trying to erase from memory. Thanks for posting!

[@stevepierce6467]

Ah, the photos of whip scars on the backs of freed slaves attests to the "noble way of life!"

[@idigdaytona4478]

Amazing footage !

[@mikereilly7629]

The last comment is spot on. Slavery became an ancillary issue later in the conflict.these films bring years to my old man eyes. I had ancestors die on both sides of the war.. not one of them had the means to own anyone, probably 70 percent of the men pictured never owned a a slave

[@revelationakagoldeneagle8045]

⚔️ CSA ⚔️ GA

[@garymckee8857]

Outstanding video

[@robertdipaola3447]

Nathan Bedford Forrest flying artillery was pure genius and , through surprise and maneuver, and shoot, he beat a much larger union adversary

[@ericanthony9536]

For an idea of the level of endurance of these men on both sides of the Civil War read Shelby Foote's account (Vol II p.179-186) of the over 100 mile running battle between Nathan Bedford Forest's troops and Abel D. Streight's MULE CAVALRY. Covering parts 3 states, across the width of Alabama, from April 10 -- May 5th, 1863, and with all the usual feints and subtrefuge that Forest was famous for, Streight's Hoosiers finally surrendered, with honors, near Gaylesville Alabama.

[@douglasw2077]

True gentlemen and heroes.. Something we need now in the U.S. DEO VINDICE!

[@johnny5735]

If the South would've won

[@Thelastdonspeaks]

Still here, aren’t we? Defeated, but didn’t give in.

[@odinfireful]

great man. Need men like him today

[@rebelbatdave5993]

AMEN! DEO VINDICE! From SOUTHERN OHIO!

[@Fixingtodraw]

The American Confederacy The greatest conservative resistance against federal tyranny in our nations history. Power could not corrupt Death could not terrify Defeat could not dishonor The American Confederate Soldiers & Marines Truly the greatest generation

[@MsSnu]

But they were traitors who lost the war. You forget that part.

[@kennethhamby9811]

Our nation has turned full circle in the 150 yrs.since the war. Now , Democrates are the oppressive power, Republicans ,for the most part are the conservatives, holding on to the principals of Constitutional Law.

[@user-kq7bf1et1i]

I'm from England,IL never understand why all the statues and monuments wer taken down,it's part of a countrys heritage,and to commorate the dead,

[@euonymos-k.-dexios4548]

For the same reason statues & flags are taken down in the UK: to erase history, men, Christianity & nationhood. The flag of Pakistan was flown over Westminster Abbey (!) in place of the Union Jack for a day (23 Mar. 2024). We've all let ourselves be taken over.

[@collnss]

They were erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy during the Jim Crow era to intimidate the Black population. Robert E Lee himself said there should be no monuments. They should be, and in some cases were, moved to locations other than public property such as cemeteries and museums.

[@kirkmccollum7689]

Awesome video! I’ve watched it several times and love it. Even the background music is great! What’s the name of the song? This is a keeper. Thanks for posting!! 🤩

[@BirdDogg]

Thanks, the song title is “dude, where’s my horse”

[@seanohare5488]

Well done very interesting

[@alvarocorral1576]

This is a cool video and I think that Southerners should always hang on to their Southern legacy.

[@7Steveski]

Those “Air Force” jets had to be from the Korean War. We didn’t have those in WW 2. (It was the Army Air Corps) back then.)

[@mattpiepenburg8769]

Priceless. Priceless. God bless these men

[@markadkins9290]

Great stuff! SCV

[@BirdDogg]

Thanks Mark, share if you can, I’ve been trying to get these in front of SCV eyes since the series started!

[@markadkins9290]

@@BirdDogg I'll see what I can do. It might be better to try with the local camps, like Nashville and the MS AL. I know the family or SCV camp of the widdler would love this. I know I was so happy to finally get a picture of my grandfather in front of the battle flag wearing his ribbon. I've also been to his grave.

[@claiborneeastjr4129]

They are all true American military heroes and deserve honor, dignity, and remembrance.

[@sunnybeaches1331]

😢Wonderful video. Thank you.

[@flyingdutchman7585]

Heros who fought against the Northern War of Aggression.

[@digrdug6121]

Insane. Great video birdy

[@adamw7290]

👍👍👍

[@user-dh7bt8kd5t]

So many sons did not come home. Ghost riders in the sky...Defending their land, their families, and their way of life. Forrest marched his "captors" to Appomattox...Another Leonidas of Sparta...Never retreat and never surrender!

[@davidlanham99]

3:05 A Civil War soldier wearing a fighter pilot's helmet. I never would've believed that happened.

[@patrimarti]

Loved the music, and the content! Well done…

[@patrickbush9526]

I realize these are clips from several locations but was forests men in the beginning filmed in Mississippi

[@BirdDogg]

I believe they were filmed in Mississippi and Memphis

[@patrickbush9526]

@@BirdDogg thanks for the come back much appreciated

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

The current administration has removed the Reconciliation Monument from Arlington National Cemetery. That's a slap in the face of the old veterans sitting side by side and chatting.

[@anglohero6295]

Thank you! Seeing these dignified,beautiful gentlemen fills my heart with pride. I have thirty books on the “War of Agression”, which includes several on General Nathan Bedford Forrest. I am English.

[@Kristen130]

Thank you so much!

[@DippfaceHQ]

Despite I don't condome the acts of the south and their provocations leading to the civil war. I do respect them southerners and their military vets as Americans.

[@thomaswayneward]

Even a quick study of Lincolns war would educate you. Read the book, "The Real Lincoln".

[@DippfaceHQ]

@@thomaswayneward Dont have to. I payed attention in history class. I was born and raised in Flroida and was taught that slave states succeded from the Union becuase of "State Rights". Several weeks before CSA formed Alexander Stevens made the infamous corner stone speech in Georiga. Southeners provoke the north and cryed foul play once Lincoln made provivisional moves whilst the south was growing more hostile against federal properties and forts in the south. You can try to rewrite history but you cant change the history itself

[@bloodybones63]

@@DippfaceHQ You must have been taught by one of the yankees that moved to Florida. You so wrong it would take a week to try to get through to you with the truth, so do try to wise up. Damn SMH

[@Valhalla6257]

Forrest made West Point graduates look dismal or just dead the greatest combat soldier general this country produced