If you are interested in learning about the real Nathan Bedford Forrest as opposed to the one-dimensional cardboard villain fabricated by Liberals, then you will want to read The God of War: Nathan Bedford Forrest As He Was Seen By His Contemporaries, by award-winning Southern historian and Forrest scholar Colonel Lochlainn Seabrook. Here you will discover the authentic Forrest in the words of those who actually knew him: Confederate soldiers, Union soldiers, military educators, foreigners, writers, politicians, neighbors, even children - all without the bigoted intrusions of Yankee editorializing, South-hating mythology, and absurd Left-wing lies. Find out for yourself why Forrest was idolized around the world during the Victorian period, why he is classed with celebrated military commanders like Michel Ney and Joachim Murat, why he is more popular today than ever before, why new Forrest monuments are going up, and why he will always be admired by educated people of all races!
In this generously illustrated work, Col. Seabrook records the memories, anecdotes, stories, and reminiscences of some 200 individuals who knew Forrest, worked with him, served in the Confederate army with him, or faced him on the battlefield. Thrill to the vivid descriptions of the General's wartime exploits as he tricks, overruns, crushes, and captures one Yankee command after another; of his poverty-stricken childhood on America's early Western frontier, where he learned self-reliance and grew into a rugged individualist, a political Conservative, and a well-respected multimillionaire; of his charitable work caring for veterans, widows, and orphans after Lincoln's War, and his bold leadership in seeking to protect and repair the prostrate South during so-called "Reconstruction."
In the process you will learn that Forrest was not a "devil," as the vengeful and uneducated Left still likes to portray him, but a sensitive and devout Christian who donated nearly his entire estate to the poor; not a war criminal, but a compassionate Confederate officer who avoided bloodshed whenever possible and used his own doctors to save wounded Yanks; not an illiterate savage on the battlefield, but an ingenious military strategist and tactician who is widely regarded as the greatest cavalry leader in world history; not a drinking and gambling adulterer, but a teetotaling, straitlaced, faithful husband; not a racist snob, but a fair and egalitarian general who treated everyone equally and who personally enlisted 65 blacks in his cavalry.
Among the myriad of recollections (which cover the years 1863 to 1932) there are exciting moment-by-moment accounts of some of the General's more notable battles: Sacramento, Ft. Donelson, Sulphur Branch Trestle, Chickamauga, Franklin, Parker's Crossroads, Johnsonville, Shiloh, Thompson's Station, Fort Pillow, Okalona, Selma, and arguably Forrest's greatest victory, the Battle of Brice's Crossroads. Col. Seabrook has also included a chapter of poems honoring Forrest, as well as a fascinating appendices section with articles on the General's wife Mary Ann, his grandson Nathan Bedford Forrest II, and a complimentary eulogy on the South by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, who called Forrest "the most remarkable man produced in either the Union or Confederate armies." Rounding out the essential ten-chapter volume there is a comprehensive bibliography and over 200 endnotes. The God of War, a wonderful companion to the Colonel's eleven other titles on Forrest, is an important work that not only debunks the fake Civil War history churned out by progressives, but which helps preserve authentic Confederate literature and Southern history for this and future generations. Available in paperback and hardcover.
Author Biography:
A partial list of Lochlainn Seabrook's literary works include: The Concise Book of Tigers; The Concise Book of Owls; North America's Amazing Mammals; Everything You Were Taught About the Civil War is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!; Confederate Monuments; Confederate Flag Facts; Abraham Lincoln Was a Liberal, Jefferson Davis Was a Conservative; The Ultimate Civil War Quiz Book; The Great Yankee Coverup; Women in Gray: A Tribute to the Ladies Who Supported the Southern Confederacy; Lincoln's War: The Real Cause, the Real Winner, the Real Loser; The Bittersweet Bond: Race Relations in the Old South as Described by White and Black Southerners; Vintage Southern Cookbook: 2,000 Delicious Dishes From Dixie; The Unholy Crusade: Lincoln's Legacy of Destruction in the American South; Confederacy 101: Amazing Facts You Never Knew About America's Oldest Political Tradition; UFOs and Aliens: The Complete Guidebook; Everything You Were Taught About American Slavery is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!; Everything You Were Taught About African-Americans is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!; Victorian Hernia Cures: Nonsurgical Self-Treatment of Inguinal Hernia; Give This Book to a Yankee! A Southern Guide to the Civil War for Northerners; The Martian Anomalies: A Photographic Search for Intelligent Life on Mars; A Rebel Born: A Defense of Nathan Bedford Forrest; Honest Jeff and Dishonest Abe: A Southern Children's Guide to the Civil War; Confederate Blood and Treasure: An Interview with Lochlainn Seabrook; Seabrook's Bible Dictionary of Traditional and Mystical Christian Doctrines; Support Your Local Confederate; Jesus and the Law of Attraction; Abraham Lincoln: The Southern View; Christ is All and In All: Rediscovering Your Divine Nature and the Kingdom Within; The Constitution of the Confederate States of America Explained; Forrest! 99 Reasons to Love Nathan Bedford Forrest; The God of War: Nathan Bedford Forrest As He Was Seen By His Contemporaries; Victorian Confederate Poetry; The Battle of Franklin; The Battle of Nashville; The Battle of Spring Hill; Jesus and the Gospel of Q; I Rode With Forrest!; Give 'Em Hell Boys: The Complete Military Correspondence of Nathan Bedford Forrest; The Bible and the Law of Attraction; Lincolnology: The Real Abraham Lincoln Revealed in his Own Words; Nathan Bedford Forrest and African-Americans: Yankee Myth, Confederate Fact; Nathan Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Fort Pillow: Yankee Myth, Confederate Fact; Nathan Bedford Forrest and the Ku Klux Klan: Yankee Myth, Confederate Fact; Nathan Bedford Forrest: Southern Hero, American Patriot; Saddle, Sword and Gun: A Biography of Nathan Bedford Forrest For Teens; Britannia Rules: Goddess-Worship in Ancient Anglo-Celtic Society; Slavery 101: Amazing Facts You Never Knew About America's "Peculiar Institution"; The Alexander H. Stephens Reader: Excerpts From the Works of a Confederate Founding Father; Aphrodite's Trade: The Hidden History of Prostitution Unveiled; The Articles of Confederation Explained; The Great Impersonator: 99 Reasons to Dislike Abraham Lincoln; The Old Rebel: Robert E. Lee As He Was Seen By His Contemporaries; The Quotable Alexander H. Stephens; The Quotable Jefferson Davis; The Quotable Nathan Bedford Forrest; The Quotable Robert E Lee; The Quotable Stonewall Jackson; The Unquotable Abraham Lincoln: The President's Quotes They Don't Want You to Know; Encyclopedia of the Battle of Franklin; Carnton Plantation Ghost Stories: True Tales of the Unexplained from Tennessee's Most Haunted Civil War House; The Blakeneys; The Caudills; Christmas Before Christianity: How the Birthday of the "Sun" Became Birthday of the "Son." For more information visit: www.LochlainnSeabrook.com
