Lieutenant General Nathan Beford Forrest, of Angerona Lodge No. 168, Memphis, Tennessee was a legendary cavalry commander and considered by historian Shelby foot as one of the two great geniuses of the civil war. Although Forrest lacked formal military education, he had a gift for strategy and tactics. He created and established new doctrines for mobile forces, earning him the nickname The Wizard of the Saddle. Forest entered the war a private, and ended the war a Lieutenant General, (promoted February 28, 1865. It was Forest who said the essence of strategy was 'to git thar fust with the most men‘ .
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