# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-w-forsyth
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:25:01.672Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-w-forsyth"
name: "James W. Forsyth"
slug: "james-w-forsyth"
description: "James William Forsyth was a U.S. Army officer and general. He was primarily a Union staff officer during the American Civil War and cavalry regimental commander during the American Indian Wars. Forsyth is best known for having commanded the 7th Cavalry at the Wounded Knee Massacre on December 29, 1890, during which more than 250 men, women, and children of the Lakota were killed and more than 50 were wounded."
tagline: "Union Army general (1835–1906)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/General_James_W_Forsyth.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1835-08-08"
deathDate: "1906-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.8
  momentum:             1.416666666666667
  historical:           7.254972
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Форсайт, Джеймс Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمس دبليو. فورسيث"
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    title: "جيمس دبليو. فورسيث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_William_Forsyth"
    title: "James William Forsyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Forsyth"
    title: "James W. Forsyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_William_Forsyth"
    title: "James William Forsyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James W. Forsyth"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Forsyth"
    title: "James Forsyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q538575"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump