{⋆★⋆} BG Morgan, John Hunt

John Hunt Morgan​

Born: June 1, 1825

Birthplace: Huntsville, Alabama

Father: Calvin Morgan 1801 – 1854

(Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)​

Mother: Henrietta Hunt 1805 – 1891

(Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)​

1st​ Wife: Rebecca Gratz Bruce 1830 – 1861

(Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)​

2nd​ Wife: Martha "Mattie" Ready 1840 – 1887

(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tennessee)​

Children:

Infant Son Morgan 1853 – 1853​

(Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)​

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Johnnie H. Morgan Caldwell 1865 – 1888

(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tennessee)​

Education:

Attended Transylvania University, suspended for dueling​

Occupation before War:

1846 – 1847: Served in the United States Army, rising to 1st​ Lt.​

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1848 – 1861: Hemp Manufacturer in Kentucky​

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1857 – 1861: Served in the Kentucky State Militia, rising to Captain​

Civil War Career:

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1862: Colonel of 2nd​ Kentucky Confederate Cavalry​

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1862: Participated in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​

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1862: Led a Raid in Kentucky​

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1862 – 1864: Brigadier General of Confederate Army, Cavalry​

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1862: Led raids on Union Army Supply lines​

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1863: Received the thanks of Confederate Congress for raids success​

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1863: Leader of the Famous Morgan Raid in Ohio​

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1863: Forced to Surrender to Union forces at Salineville, Ohio

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1863: Escaped from the Ohio Federal Army Penitentiary​

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1864: Helped organize a raid on Knoxville, Tennessee​

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1864: Killed while trying to escape Greenville, Tennessee​

Died: September 4, 1864

Place of Death: Greeneville, Tennessee

Cause of Death: Killed by a shot in the chest

Age at time of Death: 39 years old

Burial Place: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky

 

[Pollaco]

His famous "Ohio Raid" was a direct violation of Bragg's instructions not to cross the Ohio Piver.

 

[jvarnell]

Happy birthday sir!

 

[donna]

Happy Birthday General Morgan.

 

[farrargirl]

These two books, as well as several others on Morgan are available free on archive.org.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General John Hunt Morgan! Salutes remembering General Morgan on his birthday.

 

[donna]

Happy Birthday.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy (Wednesday) Birthday Brig. General John Hunt Morgan! Salutes remembering General Morgan on his birthday week.

 

[Pollaco]

How many are aware that the Confederacy had 2 Generals named John Morgan? Ironically there were 2 Basil Dukes like his Brother-in-law,though only one was a General.

 

[HoosierBanks]

Pretty nuts how many important politicians and officers were alums of Transylvania University - my old middle school has a high enrollment nowadays lol

 

[ErnieMac]

The attached web page provides a summary of Morgan's career and a detailed account of his death.

The "Murder" of John Hunt Morgan: "You Have Just Killed the Best Man in the Confederacy!"

John Hunt Morgan, the "Kentucky Cavalier," readily embraced the role he was born into. Raised in wealthy Lexington, a scion of Bluegrass planter aristocrats, famously expelled from Transylvania College for dueling, he had eagerly enlisted in the 1848 invasion of Mexico, where he had performed...

www.counterpunch.org

 

[Buckeye Bill]

My wife and I visited his death site last month in Greeneville, Tennessee.

 

[USS ALASKA]

University of Louisville
ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
1946

Raid to the north.
William Woodrow Slider
University of Louisville

This Master's Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository. This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has retained all other copyrights. For more information, please contact [email protected].

The story of John Morgan holds a certain fascination because of his introduction of the "lightning war'. It was he who originated the penetrating sweep into enemy territory. hold if you can, fall back if necessary. He drove a spear head into opposing country and then
from that central thrust sent out many smaller detachments in order to completely disrupt their communications and strategy.

https://ir.library.louisville.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3174&context=etd

Please use above link

Cheers,
USS ALASKA

 

[Sheltowee]

Pretty nuts how many important politicians and officers were alums of Transylvania University - my old middle school has a high enrollment nowadays lol

From Wikipedia-

It is the alma mater of two U.S. vice presidents, two U.S. Supreme Court justices, 50 U.S. senators, 101 U.S. representatives, 36 U.S. governors, 34 U.S. ambassadors, and the Confederate president, making it a large producer of U.S. statesmen.

 

[USS ALASKA]

Anniversary Bump

04 Sept 1864

An amazing career ends when feared Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan is killed during a Union cavalry raid on the town of Greenville, Tennessee. An Alabama native, Morgan grew up in Kentucky and attended Transylvania University before being expelled for poor behavior. He served under Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War and became a successful hemp manufacturer in Kentucky afterwards. Morgan was a strong sympathizer with the Southern cause in the 1850s, and moved to Alabama when Kentucky did not secede from the Union. After joining the Confederate Army, Morgan quickly became a colonel in the cavalry. He fought at Shiloh and soon became famous for his cavalry raids. In one year, starting in July 1862, Morgan made four spectacular raids on Union-held territory. In the first raid, Morgan rode 1,000 miles around Kentucky, disrupting Yankee supply lines and capturing 1,200 Union soldiers. His force, consisting of as many as 1,800 troopers, traveled light and lived off the land. By December 1862, Morgan's raids had successfully diverted 20,000 Union troops in order to secure supply lines and communications networks. His fourth raid was the most dramatic, but it ended in disaster. Leaving Tennessee in July 1863 with 2,400 men, Morgan headed again for Kentucky. This time, he continued northward into the Union states. Morgan's force swept through southern Indiana and Ohio before heading back to the Ohio River, but Union troops blocked his passage back to Kentucky, and Yankee cavalry chased him into northeastern Ohio. He and the remnants of his force were trapped, and they surrendered at Salineville, Ohio, on July 26. Morgan and his officers were incarcerated at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus. On November 23, 1863, he and some of his men tunneled out of the prison and escaped to the South. He returned to duty and commanded the Department of Southwestern Virginia. At the time of his death, Morgan was preparing for a raid on Knoxville, Tennessee. Alerted to his presence, Union cavalry attacked his headquarters at Greenville. Morgan was shot and killed while trying to join his men.

Cheers,
USS ALASKA