Was Nathan Bedford Forrest a Villain?

[Weasel]

He was a product of his time, no better or worse than the man beside him. The travesty is that today's society tries to quantify behavior of the ages with modern standards.

Here in Canada gay people who were kicked out of the army before it became an accepted fact now want an apology, as do most groups or peoples that were or felt they were done wrong. It wasn't wrong for the time.

Just my opinion. I like NB Forrest and there is a great talk on him by Ranger Matt Atkinson here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy8bWsCA...tysburgNPS