Battle of Brice's Crossroads - Forrest's Greatest Victory (Lecture)
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Published 2014-03-05
All Comments (21)
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Growing up in Tupelo, MS on Forrest Street in the 1960’s, this is my backyard. Great presentation. My grandfather served in the Mississippi regiment in the war.
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Whatever this man (Matt Atkinson) is paid....quickly double it! He is THE most entertaining and also well informed historian I have had the privilege to listen to, not to mention my High School history instructor, Arthur Ash. A fountain of knowledge in a desert of ignorance! I am 71 years old and have had the privilege to hear many lecturers. Top Shelf stuff right here!
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Matt never gets old, he is a great presenter and funny! Because of him I have renewed my interest in The Civil War. Great job Matt!
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Nathan Bedford Forrest was one of the best generals to ever go to war!
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Matt Atkinson is a scholar and a gentleman, the James Bond of park rangers.
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this Park Ranger is a hell of a great story teller
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Need more content from Matt. He's the best presenter the NPS has.
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I can't to get enough of Ranger Matt Atkinson's lectures. He has taught thousands of people the many stories of the Civil War and continues on. Thank You Sir!
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The best part of the story about Bedford Forrest whipping the behind of a runaway soldier with brushwood and sending him roughly back to the fight was that, all along, it was a runaway Union soldier.
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I Love Matts lectures .. he makes them so interesting and relatable and has an amazing personality ❤
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Times were tough and very complicated and all of every action needs to be taken into its complete CONTEXT, Forrest remains to me one of the greatest American soldiers to ever exist on American soil.
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I’m from Memphis and Forrest was and is my hero!
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I grew up in West Tennessee just like Forrest. My grandfather, much like Forrest was uneducated man but rest assured, I learned more than you can imagine from this “uneducated “ man.
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Great job Ranger Atkinson. Respect from San Antonio Texas. Nathan Bedford Forrest was a great southerner a great Confederate military man in battle in planning and execution.
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Thanks for this video. Well done Matt Atkinson. I was once a "Southern" (USM) General", Hattiesburg, and Ole Miss Rebel. The CSA had great soldiers and leaders. Forrest was an exemplary leader, still studied. It hurts to see how easily Southern heritage has been dismantled, relinquished without discussion. Alabama was smart to protect its monuments and statues. Hope Mississippi has done the same.
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It amazes me that the Commander of Ft. Pillow, Major Bratford, has escaped all moral condemnation and Forrest has received it all. Major Bratford was surrounded in a hopeless situation, he was given honorable terms to surrender, his one point of clarification (would black soldiers be treated as POWs as well) was answered satisfactorily. All those soldiers died needlessly and Major Bratford, IMO, bears the distinct blame for it.
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Forrest had a poor formal education, but was not illiterate or "uneducated." He routinely wrote correspondence even if the grammar wasn't correct. Neither was he "backwoods" by the standards of the day. My Great-Grandfather was under Forrest's command, Co G, 4th TN Cav. who died in 1912 and left many family stories.
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This park ranger is great! I found him to be both knowledgeable and engaging.
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Matt you are by far my favourite lecturer and battlefield guide. you are always entertaining. You always add a few funny or unique stories in your talks! keep them coming
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Yes Sir, you are right about Gen. Forest being loved much in North MS. He was the man who stood at times with few men, yet he managed to out-fox the Yankees. He stood and protected the ppl of North MS. Someone should come to North MS and do a documentary on the stories handed down through the families here. In war, he was a brilliant diamond. There is a reason the Yankees had a bounty on his head.
