# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-horace-forney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:53:06.186Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-horace-forney"
name: "John Horace Forney"
slug: "john-horace-forney"
description: "John Horace Forney was a farmer, civil engineer, and major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Being promoted to the rank of major general on October 27, 1862, Forney participated in the Battles of First Bull Run and Vicksburg before being captured. He held several other commands until the end of the Civil War, living in Alabama until his death in 1902."
tagline: "Confederate Army general (1829-1902)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Horace_Forney.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1829-08-12"
deathDate: "1902-09-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.006732
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "جون هوراس فورني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Horace_Forney"
    title: "John Horace Forney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Horace_Forney"
    title: "John Horace Forney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Horace_Forney"
    title: "John Horace Forney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Forney"
    title: "John H. Forney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1700490"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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