Nathan Bedford Forrest was a turd. He took a win-at-all-costs approach to preserving white supremacy during the Civil War, then led the KKK in organized voter suppression during the election of 1868. It’s important to remember that their efforts failed to make an impact and Grant won decidedly.
It’s also important to realize that Forrest successfully rewrote his history and was hailed a hero by many despite being a war criminal and ruthless slave trader, then retired to a profitable farm run by prison labor. Let’s not let the next failed sociopathic white supremacist leader get off so easily.