Talk:Nathan Bedford Forrest

Statue removed
ON July 28, 2021 the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest was removed from the Tennessee State Capital Building. (story here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/22/tennessees-nathan-bedford-forrest-bust-come-down-after-vote/8042280002/ As the page is protected, someone with access needs to update the page.

Fuchs quotation
'[S]atisfy the basest of conduct' is an odd phrase that Fuchs's editors should have amended ('conduct' should be 'motives'). What the sentence says is correct, but I wonder whether another quotation to the same effect should be substituted because of this lexical error.

Regards to all. Notreallydavid (talk) 01:46, 19 August 2017‎ (UTC)

Split?
I think perhaps we should consider forking the content in the last section to Historical reputation and legacy of Nathan Bedford Forrest. It's a long article and I think posthumous historiography/iconography of Forrest is probably encyclopedic in its own right, distinct from the biography of the man. Thoughts? jengod (talk) 03:55, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

American duellist?
What is the basis for including this article in the category American duellist? jengod (talk) 17:23, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
 * As far as I can find, he evaded quite a few scheduled duels through circumstance, or even apologizing, at least once, to a challenger after his temper cooled. I'm not a categories person—the tremendous amount of churn and turnover associated with them would be too nerve-wracking for me—but it seems that he doesn't belong in that category. Is there a "homicidal maniacs" category? He would fit perfectly there.;-) Carlstak (talk) 19:37, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
 * OK I'm going to boldly remove that cat bc while I think he was in many gunfights a duel is a specific ritual thing that doesn't apply here (from everything I've read thus far). jengod (talk) 20:39, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Useless references
Several references to "Davison 2016" but no such work listed. Common problem with this method of referencing. DuncanHill (talk) 08:36, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Well I went through old revisions and found it. And then corrected it. I've done it as sfn. The article uses a mess of different referencing styles. Personally I loathe all short-form references, but sfn seems to be the one used most recently. DuncanHill (talk) 09:04, 16 June 2024 (UTC)