The Battle of Parker's Crossroads - Forrest's Tactics in Wildersville, Tennessee

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The Battle of Parker's Crossroads - Forrest's Tactics

North Loop Trail at Tour Stop 1, Wildersville, TN , USA

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Nathan Bedford Forrest had no formal military education and was, as John Morton, Forrest's Chief of Artillery, put it, the negative of a West Pointer. He regarded maneuvers and exhaustive drill as unnecessary and cared nothing for conventional tactics.

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