Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest

Confederate general nathan bedford forrest cdv, 1821-1877 a cavalry and imlitary commander in the civil war. Forrest is also one of the war's most unusual figures. He was one of the very few in either army to enlist as a private and ned the war at the rank of general. Forrest discovered and established new doctrines for mobile forces, earning the nickname the wizard of the saddle. Many students of warfare have come to appreciate forrest's somewhat novel approach to cavalry deployment and quick hit-and-run tactics, both of which have influenced mobile tactics in the modern mechanized era.