Capt. 3rd KY Cavalry CSA
Capt. Forrester died at the Palmer House in Chicago. He was a newspaper publisher in Kentucky and then with Sprague, Warner & C in Chicago. He was the 1st president of the Ex-Confederates Assoc. in Chicago.
An excerpt from:
Confederate Dead at Chicago
pub. date 1896
Report of Proceedings Incidental to the Erection and Dedication of the Confederate Monument
George Forrester of Chicago, a Kentuckian, at the commencement of the war was publishing a newspaper in Maysville, Ky., when he was arrested and confined for several months in Fort Lafayette, N.Y., in 1861. On being released he immediately went south and joined the Third Kentucky cavalry of Gen. John H. Morgan’s command, C.S.A., rose to the rank of captain and followed that intrepid leader throughout his dashing career. He was severely wounded in the fight at Woodburn Station, Ky., and upon recovery returned to his command, and finally surrendered at Augusta, Ga., in May 1865. He engaged in planting in Alabama until 1868, then moved to Chicago, and has been employed there ever since in mercantile pursuits, at present being with Sprague, Warner & Co. He was the first president of The ex-Confederate Association of Chicago and was re-elected to a second term.
Capt. Forrester died at the Palmer House in Chicago. He was a newspaper publisher in Kentucky and then with Sprague, Warner & C in Chicago. He was the 1st president of the Ex-Confederates Assoc. in Chicago.
An excerpt from:
Confederate Dead at Chicago
pub. date 1896
Report of Proceedings Incidental to the Erection and Dedication of the Confederate Monument
George Forrester of Chicago, a Kentuckian, at the commencement of the war was publishing a newspaper in Maysville, Ky., when he was arrested and confined for several months in Fort Lafayette, N.Y., in 1861. On being released he immediately went south and joined the Third Kentucky cavalry of Gen. John H. Morgan’s command, C.S.A., rose to the rank of captain and followed that intrepid leader throughout his dashing career. He was severely wounded in the fight at Woodburn Station, Ky., and upon recovery returned to his command, and finally surrendered at Augusta, Ga., in May 1865. He engaged in planting in Alabama until 1868, then moved to Chicago, and has been employed there ever since in mercantile pursuits, at present being with Sprague, Warner & Co. He was the first president of The ex-Confederate Association of Chicago and was re-elected to a second term.
Capt. 3rd KY Cavalry CSA
Capt. Forrester died at the Palmer House in Chicago. He was a newspaper publisher in Kentucky and then with Sprague, Warner & C in Chicago. He was the 1st president of the Ex-Confederates Assoc. in Chicago.
An excerpt from:
Confederate Dead at Chicago
pub. date 1896
Report of Proceedings Incidental to the Erection and Dedication of the Confederate Monument
George Forrester of Chicago, a Kentuckian, at the commencement of the war was publishing a newspaper in Maysville, Ky., when he was arrested and confined for several months in Fort Lafayette, N.Y., in 1861. On being released he immediately went south and joined the Third Kentucky cavalry of Gen. John H. Morgan’s command, C.S.A., rose to the rank of captain and followed that intrepid leader throughout his dashing career. He was severely wounded in the fight at Woodburn Station, Ky., and upon recovery returned to his command, and finally surrendered at Augusta, Ga., in May 1865. He engaged in planting in Alabama until 1868, then moved to Chicago, and has been employed there ever since in mercantile pursuits, at present being with Sprague, Warner & Co. He was the first president of The ex-Confederate Association of Chicago and was re-elected to a second term.
Capt. Forrester died at the Palmer House in Chicago. He was a newspaper publisher in Kentucky and then with Sprague, Warner & C in Chicago. He was the 1st president of the Ex-Confederates Assoc. in Chicago.
An excerpt from:
Confederate Dead at Chicago
pub. date 1896
Report of Proceedings Incidental to the Erection and Dedication of the Confederate Monument
George Forrester of Chicago, a Kentuckian, at the commencement of the war was publishing a newspaper in Maysville, Ky., when he was arrested and confined for several months in Fort Lafayette, N.Y., in 1861. On being released he immediately went south and joined the Third Kentucky cavalry of Gen. John H. Morgan’s command, C.S.A., rose to the rank of captain and followed that intrepid leader throughout his dashing career. He was severely wounded in the fight at Woodburn Station, Ky., and upon recovery returned to his command, and finally surrendered at Augusta, Ga., in May 1865. He engaged in planting in Alabama until 1868, then moved to Chicago, and has been employed there ever since in mercantile pursuits, at present being with Sprague, Warner & Co. He was the first president of The ex-Confederate Association of Chicago and was re-elected to a second term.
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