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Originally Posted by Mechanix544
Currently reading "Nathan Bedford Forrest - A Biography." Great book about a troubled overachieving warrior. He rose from Private to 4 star general, the highest ascention in all of American History. And was a tactical cavalry genius.
Very interesting read for you history (civil war and military) buffs.
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Great military career, but wasn't he the founder of the KKK, or some kind of higher up? And if I'm not mistaken, I think he also got in trouble for mass execution during the Civil War?
Either way, he was definitely troubled, but I'm not sure I'd call his net "accomplishments" overachieving.