John R. Scales is a retired Special Forces brigadier general with more than three decades of service, including combat tours in Vietnam and Afghanistan. He also has a Ph.D. in engineering and worked in that field after retiring from the military. In addition to receiving two patents for inventions, General Scales has written two previous books: Sherman Invades Georgia (Naval Institute Press, 2006) and A Reluctant Hero’s Footsteps (Westbow Press, 2012). A past president of the Tennessee Valley Civil War Roundtable, he leads Civil War campaign tours in Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia.
"...a careful and unique examination of Forrest's wartime
activities and how his actions affected the war in the Western
Theater... An impressively detailed work of outstanding
scholarship, "The Battles and Campaigns of Confederate General
Nathan Bedford Forrest, 1861-1865" is an invaluable contribution to
the growing library of Civil War literature & history."-- "Midwest
Book Review" (12/1/2017 12:00:00 AM)
"Nathan Bedford Forrest was one of the most remarkable soldiers to
emerge from the Civil War. Controversial in his time and afterward,
Forrest has been the subject of numerous biographies that usually
focused on the man and what made him tick. Brig. Gen. (Ret.) John
Scales' much-needed and long overdue The Battles and Campaigns of
General Nathan Bedford Forrest, 1861-1865 is a wholly different
type of study. General Scales relies upon his decades of
professional service to analyze the military aspects of the
cavalryman's Civil War career--why he did what he did, and whether
it was effective. In addition, this new work includes more than 100
original maps with driving directions so anyone can follow the
movements and campaigns of this amazing Confederate general.
Scales' effort adds tremendously to our knowledge of both Forrest
and the Civil War in the Western Theater. I highly recommend
it."--Greg Biggs, President, Clarksville, TN Civil War
Roundtable
"Students of Nathan Bedford Forrest have long sought to understand
his campaigns and tactics, beyond the self-assessment that he 'got
there first with the most men.' Now, John Scales takes the reader
where Forrest and his men rode and fought, in meticulous detail,
and with an eye to understanding why the engagements occurred where
and when they did. Following the 'Wizard of the Saddle' has never
been more meaningful."--Brian Steel Wills, historian and author of
The Confederacy's Greatest Cavalryman and The River was Dyed with
Blood
"The Battles and Campaigns of Confederate General Nathan Bedford
Forrest, 1861-1865 is a uniquely strong combination of narrative
history, atlas, and tour guide. Anyone interested in western
theater cavalry operations, and those of General Forrest in
particular (of course), will benefit from reading this
authoritative, and sometimes controversial, assessment of the
fighting career of a general that many still consider the Civil
War's greatest untutored military genius."-- "Civil War Books and
Authors"
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