Forbes, Hugh

Life Span
to
Full name
Hugh Forbes
Place of Birth
England
Birth Date Certainty
Estimated
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
2
No. of Children
2
Education
Other
Other Education
St. Mary Hall, Oxford University (UK)
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
Foreign military
Date Title
Baltimore (MD) Sun, "More Harper's Ferry Disclosures," October 28, 1859
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "They Have Overdone It!," November 2, 1859
Boston (MA) Liberator, "Bad News for the Abolitionists," November 11, 1859
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "Gov. Seward and Harpers Ferry," December 8, 1859
Boston (MA) Herald, “Telegraph to the Herald,” January 24, 1860
New York Herald, “The Senate and Messrs Hyatt and Howe,” February 25, 1860
New York Times, "Gov. Seward and John Brown," August 18, 1860
How to Cite This Page: "Forbes, Hugh," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/5670.