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The Rebel Forrest a Cold-Blooded Murderer

The Rebel Forrest a Cold-Blooded Murderer. The following letter from Major-General Stanley, which appears in the Cincinnati Commercial, describes the character of the rebel General Forrest and gives an incident of his career: "HEADQUARTERS 1ST DIVISION 4TH A.C.,) "Your obedient servant, "D. L. STANLEY, Major General." DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, BLUE SPRINGS, Tenn., April 21st, '64. "The late butchery at Fort Pillow, by Forrest, seems to have filled the community with indignation and surprise. To those in the front of our armies who know Forrest, there is nothing at all astonishing in his conduct at Fort Pillow. I know that this very much respected Confederate hero has, upon a former occasion, condescended to become his own executioner. To show the style of man Jeff. Davis and the Cincinnati Enquirer delight to honor, I will relate the following, which was stated to me last summer by a rebel citizen of Middie Tennessee, a man of high standing in his community, who had it from his nephew, an officer serving under Forrest. About the middle of the summer of 1862, Forrest surprised the post of Murfreesboro, commanded by Brigadier-General T. T. Crittenden, of Indiana. The garrison was composed mostly of the Ninth Michigan and Second Minnesota infantry and the Seventh Pennsylvania cavalry. After some little fighting, the troops were surrendered. A mulatto man, who was a servant of one of the officers of the Union forces, was brought to Forrest on horseback. The latter inquired of him, with many oaths, "what he was doing there?" The mulatto answered that he was a free man, and came out as a servant to an officer -naming the officer. Forrest, who was on horseback, deliberately put his hand to his holster, drew his pistol, and blew the man's brains out. The rebel officer stated that the mulatto man came from Pennsylvania, and the same officer denounced the act as one of cold-blooded murder, and declared he would never again serve under Forrest. This murdered man was not a soldier, and indeed, the occurrence took place before the United States government determined to arm negroes. Of the truth of this there is not the shadow of a doubt, and it can be established day by living witnesses.
Article from 10 May 1864Buffalo Weekly Express(Buffalo, NY)
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