however, one wonders what would've happened to the ku klux klan if nathan bedford forrest had been hanged before he could organize the ku klux klan. one wonders if in fact a harsher , in theght not have end, brought about a more lasting and just peace. it is at least something to speculate. one of the models is the reconstruction of germany. after the second world war, the german people had no doubts what the cause was, at least for their highest leaders, of war crimes. criminal, he a war is a low-level war criminal. there were others. showedpicture that you to begin were taken of people after the camp had been liberated. by theh was known northern public or the government about andersonville and what was happening before? >> i don't know. the histories are in dispute on this. beingare not people exchanged out of andersonville. while there are some people escaping and there are rumors going on -- but i don't know -- second comment to that, you discussed at the ladies and their vegetables. how much was known in and around andersonville? >> enough to know -- >> it is beginning to sound an a

john johnson, a soldier with nathan bedford forrest, claimed whiskey was the true root of the failure at spring hill. other historians have suggested since hood had been strapped to his horse since 3:00 a.m., it may have placed the general in a state of utter physical exhaustion resulting in him taking painkillers, especially if hood's horse had taken a fall on a muddy, badly rutted davis ferry road they were on. now, any analysis that bases failure at spring hill on alcohol or drug usage is problematic, particularly with the limited amount of evidence, and of course in the 19th century there wasn't a walgreens on every corner open 24 hours for hot to get more painkillers. while it is documented that drinking took place among the officers there are no specific references that day to hood being drunk. furthermore, there are no sources indicating that hood had taken any painkillers to alleviate his constant pain from the injuries that he had suffered earlier in the war. until evidence appears directly indicating that hood had been drunk or under the influence of narcotics, they cannot b

john johnson, a soldier with nathan bedford forrest, claimed whiskey was the true root of the failure at spring hill. other historians have suggested since hood had been strapped to his horse since 3:00 a.m., it may have placed the general in a state of utter physical exhaustion resulting in him taking painkillers, especially if hood's horse had taken a fall on a muddy, badly rutted davis ferry road they were on. now, any analysis that bases failure at spring hill on alcohol or drug usage is problematic, particularly with the limited amount of evidence, and of course in the 19th century there wasn't a walgreens on every corner open 24 hours for hot to get more painkillers. while it is documented that drinking took place among the officers there are no specific references that day to hood being drunk. furthermore, there are no sources indicating that hood had taken any painkillers to alleviate his constant pain from the injuries that he had suffered earlier in the war. until evidence appears directly indicating that hood had been drunk or under the influence of narcotics, they cannot b

there was good reason to send nathan bedford forrest to murfreesboro road. not squabblet did before the campaign and so on. and another thing -- he was not a drug addict. as a matter of fact, there is a shred ofere is not evidence, not a single piece of paper, that he took anything ever. hard in a short amount of time to pack all of these things up. i go into all of these things in great detail in my book that is out. was good -- hood's reputation before around 1970 when tom is conley's book came out, followed by a book by james mcdonaghnd followed by a book by wiley sword -- what was his reputation? thehe nashville banner, in 100 anniversary of the civil war in nashville, there was a big insert in the paper. and it ended at the end of a 36-page insert, this problem. -- this poll one. it says at the end, "when i saw you captive, trembling, at the end of johnson's wrote tom afore i, hood, the one leg it man, the shoeless man was your only hope." this was the perception in 1964, which was the centennial of the civil war. it is a lot different now. another coup