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Subject: Who was the more able general - Nathan Bedford Forest or R.E. Lee?
CJH    9/2/2005 6:00:21 PM
I think I remember reading a book on Forest which claimed that R.E. Lee had named Forest as the best Confederate general. Was Forest the best?
 
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floridacracker    Foote   9/25/2007 4:31:04 PM
Shelby Foote said their were two geniuses involved in the War. On the Southern side - Nathan Bedford Forrest. On the Northern - Abraham Lincoln.
 
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PowerPointRanger    The Geniuses of War   10/9/2007 6:30:33 PM
The Geniuses of war often go unrecognized (probably because of the  natual distaste for the brutality that goes with war).
 
I must disagree with the notion that there were ONLY two in that war.  The truth is that you have to be smart to succeed in war, because the stupid tend to get weeded out in a hurry.
 
 
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