The Confederacy's Greatest Cavalryman

"The first modern biography of the Confederacy’s greatest cavalry leader. Forrest emerges as a product of the Southern frontier, a self-made man of limited vision, iron will, and an ungovernable temper."—Publishers Weekly

"Surprisingly, given Forrest’s well-deserved fame as a first-rate combat general, Wills is the first scholar to present a truly balanced, objective portrait of the most persistently controversial figure the Civil War produced."—Journal of American History

"Forrest’s reputation as a Confederate military genius has long merited scholarly reappraisal, which Wills provides in this exhaustively researched account of the Southerner's life and career."—Library Journal

"Wills knows more about Forrest than any previous biographer. . . . He recites, indeed invigorates, the incidents of Forrest’s life and military career, [retelling] the old stories with a fresh voice."—Emory M. Thomas, author of Robert E. Lee: A Biography

"Direct, fast-paced, and totally absorbing. Forrest comes vibrantly alive."—Richard Wheeler, author of Lee’s Terrible Swift Sword

"A really fine book. Certainly the best thing ever written on Forrest."—James I. Robertson, author of Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend

"The best ever biography on Forrest."—William C. Davis, author of The Cause Lost