J. E. B. Stuart

[DannyW]

Kinda on the same subject is what I found interesting about the legacy of the Civil War. Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner's son-Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. was the highest rnking office killed on the American side during WWII. He was a Lieutenant General killed during the Battle of Okinawa.
Also, Nathan Bedford Forrest great-grandson Nathan Bedford Forrest III who was a Brigadier General in the Air Force was killed during a bombing raid over Germany.
As to Nathan Bedford Forrest he spoke to the Independent Order of Pole-Bearers in Memphis sometime after the war. This group was a predecessor to the NAACP, I find this interesting beacause everyone wants to discredit him because of his invovement with the Klan during the early yers of its existence.
And here is a link showing what other former Confederates did after the war such as Joseph Wheeler serving in the Spanish-American War.
http://www.florida-scv.org/.../Occupatio...ldiers....