John Hunt Morgan
Confederate Army general (1825-1864) · United States · Died at 39
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Something wrong?John Hunt Morgan was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. In April 1862, he raised the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, fought at Shiloh, and then launched a costly raid in Kentucky, which encouraged Braxton Bragg's invasion of that state. He also attacked General William Rosecrans's supply lines.
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According to Parson Brownlow in 1864, Morgan had had three wives: a sister of Col. Bruce, a "negro wench", and a daughter of Chas. Ready ("Was Morgan a Gentleman?" Chicago Tribune, September 15, 1864)
Confederate propaganda broadside published by John H. Morgan, July 15, 1862 (Duke University Libraries)
Group of "Morgan's Men" while prisoners of war in Western Penitentiary, Pennsylvania: (l to r) Captain William E. Curry, 8th Kentucky Cavalry; Lieutenant Andrew J. Church, 8th Kentucky Cavalry; Lieutenant Leeland Hathaway, 14th Kentucky Cavalry; Lieutenant Henry D. Brown, 10th Kentucky Cavalry; Lieutenant William Hays, 20th Kentucky Cavalry. All were captured with John Hunt Morgan in Ohio. 1863
Morgan was killed in Greeneville, Tenn., in the gardens of what is now called the Dickson-Williams Mansion
Greeneville landmarks from Andrew Johnson, Plebeian and Patriot (1928) by Robert W. Winston, including "where General Morgan fell"![Page four of a letter of September 7, 1864, from John B. Brownlow to O. P. Temple, describing Morgan's death; per Brownlow, "He was shot about six inches below the chin, the ball striking the pulmonary artery."[17]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Page_4_-_Letter%2C_John_B._Brownlow_in_Bulls_Gap%2C_Tenn._to_O._P._Temple_in_Knoxville%2C_Tenn.%2C_1864_September_07.jpg/500px-Page_4_-_Letter%2C_John_B._Brownlow_in_Bulls_Gap%2C_Tenn._to_O._P._Temple_in_Knoxville%2C_Tenn.%2C_1864_September_07.jpg)
Page four of a letter of September 7, 1864, from John B. Brownlow to O. P. Temple, describing Morgan's death; per Brownlow, "He was shot about six inches below the chin, the ball striking the pulmonary artery."[17]
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John Hunt Morgan was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. In April 1862, he raised the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, fought at Shiloh, and then launched a costly raid in Kentucky, which encouraged Braxton Bragg's invasion of that state. He also attacked General William Rosecrans's supply lines. In July 1863, he set out on a 1,000-mile raid into Indiana and Ohio, taking hundreds of prisoners. But after most of his men had been intercepted by U.S. Navy gunboats, including the USS Moose, Morgan surrendered at Salineville, Ohio, the northernmost point ever reached by uniformed Confederates. Morgan carried out the diversionary "Morgan's Raid" against orders, which gained no tactical advantage for the Confederacy while losing the regiment. Morgan escaped prison, but his credibility was so low that he was restricted to minor operations. He was killed at Greeneville, Tennessee, in September 1864. Morgan was the brother-in-law of Confederate general A. P. Hill. Various schools and a memorial are dedicated to him.
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