Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 – October 29, 1877), was a Confederate general and perhaps the American Civil War's most highly regarded cavalry and partisan ranger (guerrilla leader). He was one of the war's most innovative and successful generals; his tactics of mobile warfare are still studied by modern soldiers. After the war, Forrest became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.http://www.iupui.edu/~aao/kkk.html

References

• Bearss, Ed, Unpublished remarks to Gettysburg College Civil War Institute, July 1, 2005.
• Description of Fort Pillow massacre
• Description of the Battle of Paducah
• Online biography