Soldier: George Forinash
Regiment: 3rd. OVC
Company: U (unassigned recruits)
Age: 26
Date Entering Service: August 22, 1862
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Originally assigned to company “U,” unassigned recruits, but later assigned to company K. In 1863 the notation “forwarded to regiment Dec., 1863” was made. At some point he then enlisted in the Company B and H of the 17th. VRC – Veteran Reserve Corp.
Battles in which he fought:
Bardstown, Ky. Oct. 4, 1862
Lexington, Ky. Oct. 7, 1862
Stone River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862
Stewart’s Creek, Tenn. Jan. 1, 1863
Middleton, Tenn. Jan. 31, 1863
Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 19-20, 1863
McMinnville, Tenn. Sept. 28, 1863
Shelbyville, Tenn. Oct. 7, 1863
Other interesting information discovered:
On June 1, 1865 George Forinash drowned in the White River of Indiana. He is buried in the Crown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana. On August 7, 1865 a minor’s pension was filed on the behalf of his grandson, B.W. Ratliff.
Date of Death: June 1, 1865 Place of burial: Crown Hill Nat. Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
Adopted By: Morrow County Veterans Services
Researcher: Patrick Drouhard