Authentic History of the Ku Klux Klan: 1865 to 1877 by Susan Davis

General Forrest made the most romantic record of all history during the Civil War. He captured millions of dollars worth of supplies, cannon, ammunition and horses, and captured 31,000 prisoners; had 29 horses killed under him, rode thousands of miles by day and night; was wounded seriously four times, and won the soubriquets “King of Mounted Raiders,” “Stonewall Jackson of the West,” “Wizard of the Saddle,” and “The American Murat.”