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Morgan, John Hunt 1826-
Military officer; born in Huntsville, Ala., June 1, 1826; killed at Greenville, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1864.
Settled near Lexington, Ky., in 1830, with his parents; served under Taylor in the
John Hunt Morgan. war with Mexico; and in 1861, at the head of the Lexington Rifles, he joined Buckner of the Kentucky State Guard.
At the battle of Shiloh he commanded a squadron of Confederate cavalry, and soon afterwards began his career as a raider.
His first noted exploit wa severe blow near Cynthiana, by which 300 of the raiders were killed or wounded.
400 made prisoners, and 1,000 horses captured.
Burbridge lost about 150 men. This staggering blow made Morgan reel back into eastern Tennessee.
Early in September he was at Greenville with his shattered brigade.
Morgan and his staff were at the house of Mrs. Williams in that town, when it was surrounded by troops under General Gillem, and Morgan, attempting to escape, was shot dead in the garden, Sept. 4, 1864.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)