The true story of the " civil war" and how it should be called Lincoln's War, War of Southern Independence, and War of Northern Aggression
This book is loving memory President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet
This is also in honor of each Confederate...
The Battle of Okolona took place on February 22, 1864, in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, between Confederate and Union forces during the American Civil War. Confederate cavalry, commanded by Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, faced over 7,000 cavalry under the command of Brig. Gen. William Sooy Smith and defeated them at Okolona, causing 100 casualties for the loss of 50.
At the Battle of Okolona, General Forrest's youngest ( and favorite) brother, his beloved Jeffrey, was gunned down. The shot, passed through the neck, sliced open the carotid artery and severed his spine, killing him instantly. As soon as General Forrest was told of the death, the General galloped to the site, jumped off his steed, and fell sobbing on the bloody copse. As the General called out "Jeffrey, Jeffrey" over and over again, Forrest's troops, now noticing their chieftain weeping, naturally began to withhold their fire. All became quiet on the Rebel side. Of that moment, John Milton Hubbard later wrote: " No more pathetic scene was ever witnessed on any battlefield."
The Yanks sensed something strange was going on across the field and they too ordered a cease fire. It is possible, at this point in the deafening silence, that they could actually hear Forrest wailing over his lost youngest brother. Ten minutes of complete silence passed, while both sides watched the moving spectacle.
After ten minutes, the General regained his composure, kissed the lifeless youngster on the forehead, placed Jeffrey's hat over his face, and asked his adjutant-generals Major John P. Strange to take care of the body. Leaping back on his horse, he asked his German bugler Jacob Gaus to sound the charge. The fighting started up again as suddenly it had stopped. In the short but fearful scrimmage that ensued, under a hail of sizzling bullets, Forrest rode straight for the Union position, where he quickly killed 3 Yanks with his bare hands, the actions , no doubt, of a overwrought, angry, and grief-stricken elder brother
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Col. Jeffrey Forrest
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General Nathan Bedford Forrest
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Painting of Nathan Bedford Forrest mourning the loss of Jeffrey Forrest
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Forrest getting his vengeance at Okolona
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A sculpture of Nathan Bedford Forrest mourning the loss of Jeffrey
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RIP AND FLY HIGH IN HEAVEN COL. JEFFREY FORREST!!!!
