John Horace Forney

Historical marker location:

Jacksonville, Alabama

( Marker is on Public Square West (State Highway 21) near Clinton Street Southwest, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1956

1829-1902. Major General, C.S.A.

The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, which was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat, was built in Mobile, Alabama in 1863.