John H. Forbes

(? - 1864)
Home State: North Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 15th North Carolina Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was in Company B.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The remainder of the War:
Returned to full duty in January 1863. Promoted to Corporal in December 1863. Killed at Turkey Ridge, VA in 1864.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Moore1. Additional roster details compiled by Julie Hampton Ganis. Thanks to Devan Sommerville for scrubbing through Moore and extracting and transcribing the roster data for AotW.

Death Place: Turkey Ridge, VA

Notes

1 Moore, John Wheeler (compiler), and State of North Carolina, Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States, 4 volumes, Raleigh: Ashe & Gatling, State Printers and Publishers, 1882, Vol. 1, pp. 551 - 554 [AotW citation 7477]

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