{"product_id":"2940150370067","title":"Notes of a Private in Forrest's Cavalry Corps, C.S.A.","description":"When the American Civil War came, John Hubbard joined up in the Confederate cavalry. Early in the war he made this observation:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...one day I met a soldier speeding a magnificent black horse along a country road as if for exercise, and the pleasure of being astride of so fine an animal. On closer inspection, I saw it was Bedford Forrest, only a private like myself, whom I had known ten years before down in Mississippi. I had occasion afterward to see a good deal of him.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNathan Bedford Forrest, known as \"Devil Forrest\" and \"the Wizard of the Saddle\" rose from a private soldier to one of the most important and innovative Confederate generals in the Civil War. Historian Shelby Foote has called Forrest \"one of the two true geniuses produced by the Civil War,\" the other being Abraham Lincoln.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHubbard was in the Seventh Tennessee Regiment, eventually part of Forrest's cavalry. In some ways, this soldier's memoir is like many others as he relates life in the saddle through early victories and eventual defeat. He was not at the Fort Pillow massacre of black troops and unfortunately attempts to justify it. He brings to this work the southern unreconstructed point of view but not altogether.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor less than you'd spend on gas going to the library, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBe sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.","brand":"Big Byte Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073272758512,"sku":"2940150370067","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150370067_p0.jpg?v=1764006802","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150370067","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}