On Nathan Bedford Forrest's Escort and Staff "Michael R. Bradley breaks new ground with his study of Bedford Forrest's staff and escort, a remarkable group of Confederate cavalrymen. No Civil War soldiers, South or North, could match this hundred-man force as shock troops. Bradley, following in the dramatic footsteps of Andrew Lytle with the thoroughness and reliability of Robert Selph Henry, does them proud focusing on them and their roles. Until now these men had gone almost nameless with all the attention given their legendary commander. Bradley has mended this oversight, helping explain Forrest's almost invariable success by putting faces on his staff and escort." -Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes, Jr., author of Brigadier General Tyree H.

Bell: Forrest's Fighting Lieutenant For the first time, a true accounting of all of the units that rode with Civil War leader Nathan Bedford Forrest is presented in this thoroughly researched work. Fascinating character sketches of important commanders and soldiers, along with an in-depth timeline tying their actions to major events, are pulled from both primary and secondary sources. Bradley includes a well-researched and annotated bibliography that provides a detailed accounting of source materials used. Separate chapters cover troops from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Michael R. Bradley is a professor emeritus of Motlow State Community College in Tullahoma, Tennessee. He earned a BA from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, MDiv from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and MA and PhD from Vanderbilt University. Bradley is a member of the Southern Historical Association, the American Society of Church History, the American Association of University Professors, the Great Smoky Mountains Natural History Association, and the Society for Military History.

He was appointed by Gov. Phil Bredesen to Tennessee's Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission. Bradley is a well-known Civil War expert and author of many books on the Civil War and Tennessee. He first explored the history of this unit in Nathan Bedford Forrest's Escort and Staff, also available from Pelican. He lives in Tullahoma, Tennessee, with his wife, Martha.