WI Nathan Bedford Forrest Captured (or Killed)?

At Fort Donelson, Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest made an escape with 700 Cavalry troops prior to the surrender to the forces of Ulysses S Grant. What if he had not managed this escape? How would the war progress (presumably) without Nathan Bedford Forrest?

(We can also discuss if Forrest is indeed out of commission, either dead or POW, for the duration of the conflict. First, is it more likely he is intercepted in his attempt, or that he surrenders with the rest of the fort; and if the former, is he more or less likely to be taken alive? If Forrest is taken alive, is he likely to be exchanged, and if so, does he re-enter the field? Or are either of these unlikely, meaning it's a war without NBF?)
 
Forest Gump has a different name

But more seriously the KKK is formed by a different person and under a different name
 
Forrest would have to have been killed: That early in the war he would have been exchanged. Military results are that Union cavalry and logistics have an easier time of things, [1] no one is left to effectively take over after Nashville.

1] Mind, I still see a lot of Union campaigns failing due to vulnerable supply depots being too difficult for Union troops to defend early in the war.
 
Military results are that Union cavalry and logistics have an easier time of things, [1] no one is left to effectively take over after Nashville.

How soon would his absence become really noticeable? FWIG, it would be during the Vicksburg Campaign, when Grant doesn't send as many men on a "wild goose chase" pursuing CSA cavalry, which could well mean the city falls sooner.
 
Responsible for Fort Pillow massacre? Why was he never hung?

Grant's terms (upheld by Lincoln) basically gave every surrendering soldier a pardon for conduct during the war. " This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by U. S. authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside." That was seen by Grant as saying that surrendering men would not be later arrested unless they further broke the law.
 
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