>>16803073
He was no longer being paid. "I will be loyal to the country where I happen to reside"

>>16803073
He didn't, he just realized the Southern variety of chuddism was retarded. Hate blacks but keep them around even after their free labor is gone? Simply very stupid.

>>16803094
>>16803081
Why did he advocate for blacks even after reconstruction ended?

Bumperino

>>16803102
"I will be loyal to the country where I happen to reside"

>>16803213
After reconstruction ended he could have started being racist again and done well among the democrats.

>>16803237
He was loyal to his nation.

>During the Virginius Affair of 1873, some of Forrest's old Confederate friends were filibusters aboard the vessel; consequently, he wrote a letter to the then General-in-Chief of the United States Army William T. Sherman and offered his services in case a war were to break out between the United States and Spain. Sherman, who had recognized how formidable an opponent Forrest was in battle during the Civil War, replied after the crisis settled down. He thanked Forrest for the offer and stated that had war broken out, he would have considered it an honor to have served side by side with him.

He was a military man and would serve whoever the military was.