Editing Nathan Bedford Forrest (section)

===Offers his services to Sherman===
During the [[Virginius Affair|''Virginius'' Affair]] of 1873, some of Forrest's old Confederate friends were [[filibuster (military)|filibusters]] aboard the vessel; consequently, he wrote a letter to the then General-in-Chief of the United States Army William T. Sherman and offered his services in case a war were to break out between the United States and Spain. Sherman, who had recognized how formidable an opponent Forrest was in battle during the Civil War, replied after the crisis settled down. He thanked Forrest for the offer and stated that had war broken out, he would have considered it an honor to have served side by side with him.{{sfn|Davison|Foxx|2007|pp=474–475}}<ref name="Henry1991">{{cite book|author=Robert Selph Henry|title="First with the Most" Forrest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AcBWAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Tennessee%20state%20law%22|year=1991|publisher=Mallard Press|isbn=978-0-7924-5605-6|page=456|access-date=May 14, 2018|archive-date=May 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509175214/https://books.google.com/books?id=AcBWAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Tennessee%20state%20law%22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="DavisPohanka1997">{{cite book|author1=William C. Davis|author2=Brian C. Pohanka|author3=Don Troiani|title=Civil War Journal: The leaders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sT5LAAAAYAAJ&q=%22In%20the%20summer%20of%201868%20those%20rights%20were%20restored,%22|year=1997|publisher=Rutledge Hill Press|isbn=978-1-55853-437-7|page=391|quote=Because of his role in the Confederacy, Forrest was stripped of his rights as a U.S. citizen. In the summer of 1868 those rights were restored, and he was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson.|access-date=May 13, 2018|archive-date=May 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509175224/https://books.google.com/books?id=sT5LAAAAYAAJ&q=%22In%20the%20summer%20of%201868%20those%20rights%20were%20restored,%22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Jones2006">{{cite book |author=Wilmer L. Jones |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U-q3DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA175 |title=Generals in Blue and Gray: Davis's Generals |publisher=Stackpole Books |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-4617-5105-2 |pages=175–176 |access-date=May 12, 2018 |archive-date=May 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509175227/https://books.google.com/books?id=U-q3DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA175#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Johnson1990">{{cite book|author=Andrew Johnson|title=The Papers of Andrew Johnson: May–August 1865 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c95JSzYD3E0C&pg=PA331|year=1990|publisher=Univ. of Tennessee Press|isbn=978-0-87049-613-4|page=331|access-date=May 8, 2018|archive-date=May 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509175447/https://books.google.com/books?id=c95JSzYD3E0C&pg=PA331#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Wills|1992|p=347}}: "On July 17, 1868, Forrest finally received a pardon from the president, 'for which,' he told an audience, 'I am truly thankful.'"</ref><ref name="Ward2006">{{cite book|author=Andrew Ward |title=River Run Red: The Fort Pillow Massacre in the American Civil War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LLZ3KboxDBwC&pg=PT412 |year=2006|publisher=Penguin Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-4406-4929-5|pages=412–413|access-date=March 9, 2018|archive-date=May 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509175431/https://books.google.com/books?id=LLZ3KboxDBwC&pg=PT412#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>