Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate Cavalry Leader

My great-great-grandfather, Andrew Jackson Lacy, was a lieutenant in the Eighth Tennessee Cavalry (CSA), part of the brigade commanded by General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Lt. Lacy disappeared during the war and I have been trying to piece together every known fact that might help us learn his fate. Naturally, books about Forrest describe many engagements that my ancestor participated in, and they might be able to provide new clues.

I picked up a used copy of Robert S. Chambers' The God of War: When I Rode with N. B. Forrest/The Letters of Henry Wylie, knowing that it was fiction, but thinking I might learn something new, or a different way to think about what my ancestor went through.  I've decided against reading it, however. This "historical interpretation", as the author refers to it, consists of letters written by an imaginary soldier serving under Forrest to his family, describing what he was experiencing. But in skimming the book I realized the soldier writing these letters was not in a position to know many of the details he was sharing with his family. It was as if the letter writer had access to the same books on Forrest as Chambers did when researching his book.

Non-fiction books about Forrest and the battles in which his forces fought include:

Davison, Eddy W. and Daniel Foxx. Nathan Bedford Forrest: In Search of the Enigma.
Henry, Robert Selph. First With the Most Forrest.
Hurst, Jack. Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography.
Jordan, Thomas and J. P. Pryor. The Campaigns of Lieutenant General N. B. Forrest and of Forrest's Cavalry.
Lytle, Andrew Nelson. Bedford Forrest and His Critter Company.
Wills, Brian Steel. A Battle from the Start: The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Wyeth, John Allan. That Devil Forrest.