Like everything I read about Forrest always apologizing for him and always the other person starts it. Look at the list of people he assaulted and always its the other guy provoking Forrest. I want to point out these people are all junior to Forrest and they would have know about Forrest pretense towards violence. I doubt these stories none of the juniors would have provoke Forrest. I bet if we could go back and watch each event Forrest was the provoker... Plus, You can not go around hitting people provoked or not... People fear Jackson but he did not have to go around beating people up...
Even Forrest’s more sympathetic biographers relate accounts where Forrest bashed a scout’s head against a tree for bringing him false information, slapped a lieutenant into a river because he would not roll up his sleeves and join his men in building a bridge, knocked another out of a boat with an oar for refusing to help paddle across the Tennessee River, beat a soldier with a branch, and shot a color-bearer for fleeing a rout.
Forrest comments towards his superiors is something you just do not do. Again, it is the superiors fault because they wrong Forrest in some way. No, if true he should have been arrested to be remind him is place...
