Show great cavalry leader while grant was cutting and selling cordwood and sherman was teaching school there them was a man in mena memphis M his who was having no preparation what ever for w war 8 r a and nd y yet e t W who ho was destined to make no end of trouble for or these able soldiers this was gen N B forrest whose life by dr J A wyeth has recently been issued forrest was an uneducated man and belonged to that proscribed class in the south known as poor whites MOTe moreover OveT he was still further handicapped in any effort to stand on an equality with men of poal tion by having been a slave trader but by native force and by a genius tor for action this unlettered man became the most successful cavalry leader in the south he enlisted as a private but before he really went into action had been made a lieutenant colonel in his this capac capacity tty he proved that he could move in men en through the country with a celer ity most remarkable he knew noth ing whatever about t the lie principles of war and probably never read a book on the subject in his life it Is unlikely indeed that he ever read many book books of any kind he was essentially a man of action and for more mote than three and a halt half years he kept the federal corn win manders guessing as to where he waa was and what he was going to do next T toward the close of the war forrest s wonderful capa capacity city was apar appreciated acia t ed in richmond and he was made a i lieu tenant general and put in command of all the cavalry west of the mississippi it was too late however tor for him to do much hood s army had be been all but destroyed before nashville sherman was marching through georgia and gen james 11 was after for rest with the strongest cavalry corn com mand ever placed in the saddle he defeated forrest at selma the first time by the way forrest had ever been completely beaten and shortly after ward the war ended saturday even ing post |