Yeah,

        Forrest was a slave owner. He did a number on the Black northern
troops he massacred at Ft. Pillow, just north of here. The civil rights
folks really
get reilled that there is a big statue of him on a horse in a park across
from the Medical School.

Bobby


>"get there firstest with the mostest" Forrest
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bobby Greer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 9:32 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: family and the war.
>
>
>Hey, come on you guys, ya'll are going to give the "northerners" on this
>list the idea that we are still fighting the war. Bobby in Memphis, home of
>the now infamous Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.
>
>Bobby
>
>>you know you hear about souther hospitality, but, you also find suspicion
>of
>>strangers tends to be more  ingrained in the south. i think this is a
>result
>>of carpetbaggers and scalawags during reconstruction.
>>
>>Just about everybody was poor in the south after the carpetbaggers and
>>scalawags were through.  Bled the people dry.  Most folks didn't own slaves
>>anyway, but it didn't matter to the vengeful northerners.  But, I'm not
>>bitter...  ;>)
>>
>>-kyle