Talk:Nathan Bedford Forrest

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Statue removed[edit]

ON July 28, 2021 the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest was removed from the Tennessee State Capital Building. (story here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/22/tennessees-nathan-bedford-forrest-bust-come-down-after-vote/8042280002/ As the page is protected, someone with access needs to update the page.

Fuchs quotation[edit]

'[S]atisfy the basest of conduct' is an odd phrase that Fuchs's editors should have amended ('conduct' should be 'motives'). What the sentence says is correct, but I wonder whether another quotation to the same effect should be substituted because of this lexical error.

Regards to all. Notreallydavid (talk) 01:46, 19 August 2017‎ (UTC)[reply]

"Controversial"[edit]

In the final sentence of the second paragraph, it reads:

"he is a controversial figure in U.S. history for his role in the massacre of several hundred U.S. Army soldiers at Fort Pillow, a majority of them black, and his postwar leadership of the Klan."

Well, okay, true; those are additional controversies. But all Confederate leaders are highly controversial figures in US history by virtue of having been Confederate leaders. I think a slight rewording to reflect actual American historical assessments is in order. WP Ludicer (talk) 18:26, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Split?[edit]

I think perhaps we should consider forking the content in the last section to Historical reputation and legacy of Nathan Bedford Forrest. It's a long article and I think posthumous historiography/iconography of Forrest is probably encyclopedic in its own right, distinct from the biography of the man. Thoughts? jengod (talk) 03:55, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

American duellist?[edit]

What is the basis for including this article in the category American duellist? jengod (talk) 17:23, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I can find, he evaded quite a few scheduled duels through circumstance, or even apologizing, at least once, to a challenger after his temper cooled. I'm not a categories person—the tremendous amount of churn and turnover associated with them would be too nerve-wracking for me—but it seems that he doesn't belong in that category. Is there a "homicidal maniacs" category? He would fit perfectly there.;-) Carlstak (talk) 19:37, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

OK I'm going to boldly remove that cat bc while I think he was in many gunfights a duel is a specific ritual thing that doesn't apply here (from everything I've read thus far). jengod (talk) 20:39, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]