Talk:John Hunt Morgan

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Corrected discription of raid to read southern Ohio rathern than Northeasten Ohio. See entry on Morgan's Raid for a map of the raid. 2/9/2011

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should it be mentioned that Lexington, Kentucky has a monument/statue of him downtown, by the historic old courthouse?

Terrorism[edit]

I am removing "Terrorism" from the "See also" section, because Morgan doesn't qualify as a terrorist. He attacked only military targets, and did not murder civilians. He and his men were more like Guerrilla fighters. Thjothvitnir 14:41, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AGREE: Although, actually, Morgan's Raiders indeed did murder a couple civilians during Morgan's Raid, including a local preacher near Corydon (this story is included in my article on that battle in a past issue of Charge, a Civil War gaming / history publication). They did not attack just military targets, but robbed stores, post offices, farms, supply houses, and private citizens (see Horvith's excellent book). All that being said, the term "terrorist" was not in vogue in 1863, and guerilla is the proper and accepted terminology. Scott Mingus 15:33, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Wives[edit]

In 1861 Rebecca Morgan died... in 1863 Morgan's wife gave birth... If anyone has information on Morgan's wives subsequent to Rebecca (I don't), it would be great if that information could be added here. Xenophon777 00:18, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am a direct decendant of John Hunt Morgan and his sword was donated by the daughters of the confederacy to a museum in Murray State University. In addition the account of death appears to be wrong here as he was shot and dragged through the street in one account by a Yankke corporal yelling I have shot the horse thief Morgan. I have a collectors book of the times of his life quite old and yes these were military actions. He was also a Mason when he burned the city of Marion Il. in a raid one soldier took a Masonic jewel from the only building a Mason Hall he left standing. The soldier was ordered to return it by the next day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Plutovet (talk • contribs) 15:46, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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John Morgans death[edit]

Shelby Foote writes this about John Morgans death:

"Around sunup, after a rainy night, Morgan was wakened this Sunday morning by rifle fire, spattering in the streets below his bedroom window, and by a staff captain who brought word that the Union advance guard had arrived by the untended road. He pulled on his trousers and boots and went out by a rear door in an attempt to reach the stable and his horse, but was cut off and had to turn back, taking shelter in a scuppernong arbor that screened the walkway from the house.

“That’s him! That’s Morgan, over there among the grape vines!” a woman called from across the street to the soldiers pressing their search for the raider.

“Don’t shoot; I surrender,” Morgan cried.

“Surrender and be God damned — I know you,” a blue trooper replied as he raised and fired his carbine at a range of twenty feet.

“Oh God,” Morgan groaned, shot through the breast, and collapsed among the rain-wet vines, too soon dead to hear what followed.

“I’ve killed the damned horse thief!” the trooper shouted, and he and his friends tore down an intervening fence in their haste to get at Morgan’s body, which they threw across a horse for a jubilant parade around the town before they flung it, stripped to a pair of drawers, into a muddy roadside ditch. Two captured members of the general’s staff were allowed to wash and dress the corpse in the house where he had slept the night before, and others, returning after the enemy withdrew, reclaimed the body and sent it back to Abingdon, where his widow — the former Mattie Ready, pregnant with the daughter he would never see — had it removed to a vault in Richmond, to await the time when it could be returned in peace to the Bluegrass region he had loved and raided. That was the end of John Hunt Morgan." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.253.32.171 (talk) 09:32, 3 June 2011 (UTC) [reply]

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I reassessed this back down to 'Start' as this individual was a major, colorful participant in the Civil War, and this article, accordingly, seems short. Also, the article doesn't seem structured well enough, esp. not having an infobox, to be a 'B'. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 18:51, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Book about him by Bennett H. Young?[edit]

Bennett H. Young's Confederate wizards of the saddle; being reminiscences and observations of one who rode with Morgan (John Hunt Morgan) readable pdf file

I don't onow how much of it is about Morgan but this book's title appears to refer to him. FloridaArmy (talk) 11:56, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Photo[edit]

A member of Morgans 1864 Command; Lt R.A. Mizell of the "Southern Rifles" Company A 4th Georgia Infantry; resigned in 1864 after being wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness; joined Company "A" 2nd Kentucky Cavalry of Morgan command

I removed this photo of R. A. Mozell from the article. FloridaArmy (talk) 11:59, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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