In the book "Black Southerners In Gray", historian and battlefield guide, Thomas Y. Cartwright relates the following, "Another Negro that went home with Forrest was his former valet and body servant, Jerry. In August, 1866 Federal Cavalry was riding by General Forrest's plantation. As they filed by on the way to the house, King Phillip, Forrest's old war-horse charged them. Some of the Yankee troopers struck at him. Jerry, who the other Blacks with Forrest called "Ginral", rushed to the Horses' aid. The Federal Captain was supposed to have told Forrest, "General, now I can account for your success, your Negroes fight for you, and your horse fights for you.