Alan Pitts : re injuries to Buford.

Thanks. I found that after the war he, Buford, had a great stable in Kentucky and raised show horses and farmed. I think he missed the battle against Wilson due to injuries but his brigade was there under Crossland. Crossland was in in fact wounded seriously in the area of Hickman earlier as he was confronted by the area home town terrorists that preyed on returning veterans visiting their families. My reading and understanding is that these terrorists were reported by all the area citizens directly to Forrest and it was one of the primary reasons for the Fort Pillow assault as some of the troops of the fort were reportedly involved locally since they attacked citizens of that area and could not be touched because they would go back inside the fort. I believe this is one of the reasons that Sherman absolved Forrest of military charges against him after the assault of Fort Pillow in the federal hearings. There was a lot of nonmilitary action that came from the Fort according to what I read (ref Campaigns of general Nathan Bedford Forrest ).

Jim Bushart