You must be referring to General Nathan Bedford Forrest, Suh!! One of the very few General Staff Officers in Lee's Command who wasn't a West Pointer--and I'd like to think, even as a Damn Yankee (due to location, but my heart is always with Dixie)that both General George Patton and Admiral William Halsey copied his strategy- hit them hard, advance, keep moving- and unlike Lee's major mistake at Gettysburg- lack of proper advance recon--Forrest was a firm believer in the principle that, in today's lexicon, reads like this- "Any amount of money spent on accurate recon and intel will always pay bigger dividends in end results"- Forrest also would have approved of the USMC's motto: "Failure is NOT an option"!!
