Forney, John Horace

Life Span
to
Full name
John Horace Forney
Place of Birth
Lincolnton, NC
Burial Place
Jacksonville, AL
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Occupation
Military
Military
Confederate Army
Date Event
On the Mississippi, the Union's Army of the Tennessee completely surrounds Vicksburg
The Union's Army of the Tennessee attempts the storming of Vicksburg but is beaten back
Second Union attempt to take Vicksburg by infantry assault ends in bloody failure with 500 dead
After twice failing to storm the city, Union General Grant orders a siege at Vicksburg, Mississippi
- In Mississippi, the Siege of Vicksburg continues
Vicksburg Campaign
Date Title
New York Herald, "Kansas as a Slave State," January 7, 1858
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