General John Forney, C.S.A.

(Photograph reveals brigadier general buttons and sleeve braid with a colonel's collar insignia.) Graduated from West Point, 1852. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in January 1861 and was commissioned as a colonel in the 10th Alabama Infantry in June 1861. Promoted to brigadier general in M...

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Published:	Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:	Alabama Photographs and Pictures
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collection	Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
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spellingShingle	Alabama Photographs and Pictures General John Forney, C.S.A.
fulltopic	Alabama Photographs and Pictures Forney, John Horace, 1829-1902; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Alabama; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
description	(Photograph reveals brigadier general buttons and sleeve braid with a colonel's collar insignia.) Graduated from West Point, 1852. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in January 1861 and was commissioned as a colonel in the 10th Alabama Infantry in June 1861. Promoted to brigadier general in March 1862 and major general in October 1862. Major campaigns and battles include First Manassas, Dranesville (wounded), and Vicksburg (captured). Following Vicksburg he served the rest of the war in the Trans-Mississippi. After the war, Forney returned to Alabama. He died in Jacksonville, Alabama, in September 1902 and is buried there. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 2. National Historical Society, 1991.
spelling	Q0000000068Q68General John Forney, C.S.A.(Photograph reveals brigadier general buttons and sleeve braid with a colonel's collar insignia.) Graduated from West Point, 1852. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in January 1861 and was commissioned as a colonel in the 10th Alabama Infantry in June 1861. Promoted to brigadier general in March 1862 and major general in October 1862. Major campaigns and battles include First Manassas, Dranesville (wounded), and Vicksburg (captured). Following Vicksburg he served the rest of the war in the Trans-Mississippi. After the war, Forney returned to Alabama. He died in Jacksonville, Alabama, in September 1902 and is buried there. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 2. National Historical Society, 1991.1860-1869Forney, John Horace, 1829-1902; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Alabama; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Still imagePhotographs; Studio portraits; Cartes-de-visiteYoung, Dr. Richard C.Dr. Richard C. Young Confederate officers photograph albumLPP4, #044v5914Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFLPP00117http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/6358
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General John Forney, C.S.A.

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