Nathan Bedford Forrest citations

Nathan Bedford Forrest est un lieutenant général confédéré. Il est un officier confédéré controversé de la guerre de Sécession et est considéré comme l'un des meilleurs tacticiens : les tactiques de mouvement de troupes qu'il a mises en place à l'époque sont toujours étudiées de nos jours et appliquées par les militaires. Il fut en quelque sorte un précurseur de la doctrine du « Blitzkrieg ». Après la guerre, Forrest devint le premier « Premier Grand Sorcier » du Ku Klux Klan, titre attribué au chef du KKK. Il quittera néanmoins le KKK dont il ordonna en vain la dissolution vers la fin de sa vie en raison des excès de cette organisation et de certaines divergences. En effet, ayant lui-même tenu la promesse de libérer ses propres esclaves juste avant la fin des hostilités, il prit par la suite publiquement position en faveur de la cause des Noirs d'Amérique. Wikipedia  

✵ 13. juillet 1821 – 29. octobre 1877
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Nathan Bedford Forrest: Citations en anglais

“Negro soldiers cannot cope with Southerners”

Regarding the Fort Pillow massacre, as quoted in Personal Memoirs, by U.S. Grant, (Library of America, 1990), p. 483.
Contexte: The river was dyed with the blood of the slaughtered for two hundred yards. The approximate loss was upward of five hundred killed, but few of the officers escaping. My loss was about twenty killed. It is hoped that these facts will demonstrate to the Northern people that Negro soldiers cannot cope with Southerners.

“Men, you may all do as you damn please, but I'm a-goin' home.”

Forrest to Charles Clark, Governor of Mississippi and Isham G. Harris, former Governor of Tennessee, in response to the request that he keep fighting. As quoted in May I Quote You, General Forrest? by Randall Bedwell.
1860s

“There is no doubt we could soon wipe old Sherman off the face of the earth, John, if they'd give me enough men and you enough guns.”

To Captain John Morton, 1864. As quoted in May I Quote You, General Forrest? by Randall Bedwell.
1860s

“Preserve untarnished the reputation you have so nobly won.”

Part of Forrest's last address to his men, 1865. As quoted in May I Quote You, General Forrest? by Randall Bedwell.
1860s

“War means fighting, and fighting means killing.”

As quoted in May I Quote You, General Forrest? by Randall Bedwell.
1860s

“Every moment lost is worth the life of a thousand men.”

Said to Braxton Bragg at Chickamauga, September 18-20, 1863. As quoted in May I Quote You, General Forrest? by Randall Bedwell.
1860s

“Get there first with the most men.”

Reported by General Basil W. Duke and Richard Taylor
Often erroneously reported as "Git thar fustest with the most mostest." In The Quote Verifier : Who Said What, Where, and When (2006) by Ralph Keyes, p. 272, the phrase he used has also been reported to have been "I always make it a rule to get there first with the most men" and "I just took the short cut and got there first with the most men."
1860s

“I've got no respect for a young man who won't join the colors.”

As quoted in May I Quote You, General Forrest? by Randall Bedwell.
1860s

“This fight is against slavery; if we lose it, you will be made free.”

As quoted in Report of the Joint Select Committee.

“Does the damned fool want to be blown up? Well, blow him up then. Give him hell, Captain Morton- as hot as you've got it, too.”

At Athens, Alabama, 1864. As quoted in May I Quote You, General Forrest? by Randall Bedwell.
1860s

“I'll officer you.”

Said by Forrest, with saber drawn, to a young lieutenant who would not help in dousing flames on supply wagons set on fire by Union troops on their retreat to Memphis. As quoted in May I Quote You, General Forrest? by Randall Bedwell.
1860s