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Nathan B. Forrest took matters into his own hands at Ft. Donelson—and a legend was born. As his generals argued for surrender, Nathan Bedford Forrest fumed. To that point the neophyte cavalry commander had been the good soldier, obeying every order as the Confederates fought desperately to hold onto Fort Donelson in February 1862. With …
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