Forrest's Ties To KKK A Trumped-Up Myth

The misinformation in the article, which appears to have been fed to The Times by Greg Bautista, began with the statement referring to "a portrait of Civil War general and Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest."

Certainly Forrest was a general in the Confederate Army, and according to his old nemesis, Union Gen. William T. Sherman, possibly the best cavalry officer produced by the Civil War. His prowess as a cavalry leader and battlefield general earned him the envy of even his adversaries and the title, "Wizard of the Saddle," early on in the war.

But there the truth ends and Hollywood legend begins. Bedford Forrest had absolutely nothing to do with the founding of the Ku Klux Klan. And even within the history of the Klan, differences must be noted between the Klan of the 1860s and the Klan of today.

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Forrest's Ties To KKK A Trumped-Up Myth
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Also.

The Union League And The KKK

Fort Pillow/KKK

Union League