Is this CSA General John Hunt Morgan

[Sea Scallop]

 

[Robert Gray]

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I have seen this image identified as General John H. Morgan.

 

[diane]

I've seen it identified as John Hunt Morgan as well, but the one I've seen that is definitely him as a colonel has no beard or mustache. Very similar, though.

 

[Robert Gray]

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Here it is again.

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

Every time I'm tempted to say ' no ', I change my mind. Even his hairline recedes like you'd think by the time of the Civil War. I'm not very familiar with Morgan, just comparing other images it seems it could be him.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

The photo in the OP is John Hunt Morgan.

Bill

 

[donna]

We have many books on Morgan. Have never seen this photo. It doesn't look like him when he was young before the war.

 

[donna]

I just compared with several photos I have, I guess could be. It just different way parted hair.

 

[Rhea Cole]

In the Tennessee Encyclopedia, this image in the post by Sea Scollop is identified as John Hunt Morgan. I would not set much store by that. This image has been repainted to an extensive degree. It is not an accurate depiction of a Confederate uniform. The more I looked, the less certain I became about any image purporting to be Morgan. The image below is the cleanest facial I found. The uniform, however, appears to have been painted over. If I were making a professional search, an original image in civilian clothes would be the object of my future searches.

This Carte de Visite appears to be the original from which the image in this thread was created.

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All of these John Hunt Morgan carte de visits were generated from the same image. If you have the right ap, the images can be superimposed over one another. The easiest thing to do is line up the eyes & see what you have from there. There wasn't any kind of copyright protection during the Civil War. Even today, if the image is manipulated, there really isn't any kind of protection, either. The first image is the cleanest, so I would assume that it was the original from which the others descended. Another thing to look for is costume. In this case, the tie & the pocket hankie were carried into several images. I would not be surprised if the seated image has the head shot from the carte de visits grafted onto it. That would not be at all unusual.

Of course, we just have to assume this is John Hunt Morgan's image, originally. Even the only image that purports to be Morgan & his wife is an obvious montage. I would have to have an image that had not been redone to know for sure that any Morgan portrait is an accurate depiction. It turns out that actual photos of Morgan are extremely rare. However, as you can see, the few images that were floated of Morgan were fruitful & multiplied.

We have two albums of Civil War carte collected by my wife's family. They are in very elaborate albums. There is no way of knowing how many studios produced these precursors to baseball cards. It was a very popular hobby.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

The OP photo and the clean shaven photo of John Hunt Morgan were on display at the Hunt-Morgan House in Lexington, Kentucky when I visited in 2014. I will send them this link to make a positive I.D. of the 2 photos.

Bill

 

[Buckeye Bill]

E-Mail sent.....

 

[donna]

U.of Kentucky has many photos of Hunt Morgan family. I found site when goggled for photos of John Hunt Morgan and the Hunt Morgan House.

Hope Bill hears back .

 

[Sloosh]

Given that the below image is 100% confirmed to be JHM, I'd guess the resemblance to the OP is minimal at best.

 

[diane]

Looking forward to the reply to the email! To me, it's very different from any photos I've seen of Morgan...but then, there was a photo of Forrest I would have sworn was not him, and it was!

 

[Robert Gray]

Given that the below image is 100% confirmed to be JHM, I'd guess the resemblance to the OP is minimal at best.

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Finding an image of Morgan that hasn't been retouched is difficult. This is the best I could locate.

 

[diane]

Finding an image of Morgan that hasn't been retouched is difficult. This is the best I could locate.

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I'd wondered that, too, if it was one that had been touched up for reunions or something like that. There's a fairly common one of Forrest in his Confederate uniform well after the war - he never wore the uniform again but someone had replaced his suit with the uniform for publicity purposes. Grant has one with a long flowing beard he never grew.

By the way, I think John Hunt Morgan would win the contest for best looking guy on either side!

 

[Robert Gray]

I'd wondered that, too, if it was one that had been touched up for reunions or something like that. There's a fairly common one of Forrest in his Confederate uniform well after the war - he never wore the uniform again but someone had replaced his suit with the uniform for publicity purposes. Grant has one with a long flowing beard he never grew.

By the way, I think John Hunt Morgan would win the contest for best looking guy on either side!

Is this the one of Grant you were referring to?

 

[dlavin]

I have this hanging up.

 

[donna]

He was handsome. His whole family very nice looking. I know several of them have been posted on forum.