Forrest Takes a Hostage Section- American Wars Grant Association’s Presidential Library

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by Keith P

Custer received promotion to brigadier general and command – his first direct field command – of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade

Despite being heavily outnumbered

Forrest Takes a Hostage Section- American Wars Grant Association’s Presidential Libraryby Bradley Schmehl 20"X30" War in the west S L# 4840 (AP) S L# 4841 (Canvas) Shiloh, Tennessee, April 1862 While no official report of this part of the battle of Shiloh exists, Forrest's authorized biography notes that he was at the head of a charge against Sherman on the final day. A zealous cavalryman, Forrest so outdistanced the rest of the Confederate attackers that he found himself surrounded by Union troops. Although wounded, he was able to haul