Forrest was disliked by the southern gentlemen, and never was really given opportunity for higher commands until near the end.Funny: I'd bet both were probably a little rough around the edges and lacking in accepted social graces early on.Re: Forrest; agree he was one of the greatest if not the greatest tactical commanders, trending into the operational realm as well as did his relative peer, Daniel Morgan.
You know, there they'd be, in a circle of gentlemen and belles - knights and their ladies fair, so to speak - standing there with a mouth full of tobacco and looking for a place to spit, or something like that.
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