Riding With Forrest by L. E. Denton

An ambitious young soldier marches boldly to war, only to find disillusionment and a newly embattled spirit in Riding With Forrest: The Memoir of John Barrett, Escort Company, Forrest’s Cavalry, CSA, during the War Between the States by L. E. Denton. A fictional memoir set during America’s vicious internal war, this novel traces the journey of John Barrett and his devoted service to a legendary and ruthless commander, Nathan Bedford Forrest. A detailed imagining of life as a Confederate soldier, and the painful revelations that battlefields can bring, this is a carefully crafted and vulnerable coming-of-age tale. Despite its historical setting, the questions of morality and righteousness that it raises about war make it a relevant and timely read in any era. Poignant and intimate, this evocative Civil War portrait comes to remarkable life on the page given Denton’s careful crafting of both character and setting.