Category talk:Fort Pillow Characters

Unnamed historical figures?
On page 199, "Some Yankee general said small, young, single men made the best cavalry troopers. On the whole, Forrest agreed with him." But then he reflected that he (NBF) is none of those things. Is that a real quote? I tried Googling it but only got this novel.

Also, on page 33, it says there is a Yankee officer known as Old Bowels. Google was no help here either, however there is a similarly nebulous Detinan character in WBTP called Old Bowels. Did HT make a mistake and get his Detinan confused with Henry Halleck's moniker Old Brains?JonathanMarkoff (talk)