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If you surrender you shall be treated as prisoners of war, but if I haveto storm your works you may expect no quarter.
Nathan Bedford Forrest
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
Age: 56 †
Born: 1821
Born: July 13
Died: 1877
Died: October 29
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