That we are beaten is a self-evident fact, and any further resistance on our part would be justly regarded as the very height of folly and rashness. (Nathan Bedford Forrest)

That we are beaten is a self-evident fact, and any further resistance on our part would be justly regarded as the very height of folly and rashness.

Nathan Bedford Forrest

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