Red (Fort Pillow Character)

"Red" was a Confederate soldier at the Battle of Fort Pillow. He was a Mississippian, with hair the color of a newly minted copper penny and ears that stuck out a good four inches. He was one of a half-dozen men nicknamed "Red" in Nathan Bedford Forrest's command. He informed Forrest that the ammunition supply wagon had arrived, and carried Forrest's order to start handing out ammo to the troops that needed it the most first.