Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)

by Kim Stanley Robinson

we’re going to see our Washingtons and Jeffersons and Paines, I guarantee you. Also the Andrew Jacksons and Forrest Mosebys, the brutal men who are good at getting what they want.”

I got a little confused here. Did he mean John Moseby or Nathan Bedford Forrest? I've never heard of "Forrest Moseby". (And I'm really hoping he meant Moseby...Forrest is famous for being a prominent member of the KKK.)