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John Hunt Morgan
Civil War Encyclopedia >> People - Confederate Military
| June 1, 1825 | John Hunt Morgan born, Huntsville, Alabama | Alabama |
| July 4, 1862 August 1, 1862 |
John Hunt Morgan leads a Confederate raid into Kentucky | |
| July 9, 1862 | John Hunt Morgan [CS] turns back federal troops and takes Tompkinsville | Kentucky |
| July 12, 1862 | John Hunt Morgan [CS] and his raiders seize Lebanon | Kentucky |
| July 16, 1862 | John Hunt Morgan wires Kirby Smith "Lexington and Frankfurt ... are garrisoned with Home Guard. The bridges between Cincinnati and Lexington have been destroyed. The whole country can be secured and 25,000 to 30,000 men with join you at once. | Kentucky |
| Confederate Invasion of Kentucky | ||
| E. Kirby Smith | ||
| October 18, 1862 | Battle of Lexington
John Hunt Morgan's [CS} raiders captured a federal garrison before moving to the southwest |
Kentucky |
| December 7, 1862 | John Hunt Morgan captures a federal garrison in Hartsville, killing and wounding 1000 before 1800 men surrendered | Tennessee |
| December 21, 1862 | John Hunt Morgan leads a raid against William S. Rosecrans' supply lines in Kentucky | |
| June 11, 1863 | General John Hunt Morgan leaves Alexandria, Tennessee to raid Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana | |
| July 4, 1863 | Morgan's men run into a contigent of federal troops in Columbus, Kentucky | Kentucky |
| July 8, 1863 July 9, 1863 |
After crossing the Ohio River on captured steamboats, Morgan and his men loot Mauckport and Corydon | Indiana |
| July 13, 1863 | After several days of plundering Indiana, John Hunt Morgan crosses into Ohio | |
| July 19, 1863 | While crossing the Ohio River into Kentucky at Buffington Island, John Hunt Morgan's raiders stumble onto a fortified position. Federals manage to kill or wound 120 and capture 700 men and most of the rest return to Ohio to find an alternate crossing. | Ohio Kentucky |
| July 26, 1863 | John Hunt Morgan is captured at New Lisbon, Ohio. Most of his command had already been apprehended | Ohio |
| November 27, 1863 | General John Hunt Morgan [CS] escapes from the Ohio State Penitentiary | |
| September 4, 1864 | John Hunt Morgan is shot dead by federal troops fleeing the home of a woman who had betrayed him (Greenville, Tennessee) | Tennessee |
John Hunt Morgan
Dashing and debonair, John Hunt Morgan was a popular Southern hero during the War for Southern Independence. After serving in the Mexican American War, he returned to Kentucky to run a successful mercantile business in Lexington. Although Kentucky stayed in the Union, the Alabama-born Morgan decided to join the Confederate Army.
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Dashing and debonair, John Hunt Morgan was a popular Southern hero during the War for Southern Independence. After serving in the Mexican American War, he returned to Kentucky to run a successful mercantile business in Lexington. Although Kentucky stayed in the Union, the Alabama-born Morgan decided to join the Confederate Army.
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Mexican American War
War for Southern Independence
Civil War Encyclopedia >> People - Confederate Military
John Hunt Morgan was last changed on - June 16, 2006
John Hunt Morgan was added in 2005
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