Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-01-11
Death Of Gen. George W. Morgan.

Death Of Gen. George W. Morgan.
The telegFsphio dispatches In the daily pa
psrs Of Thursday morning, brought us the palm
ful news that our esteemed friend and towns
man. General George w. Morgan, had been
ticulars we're given, our citizens entertained the
hope that the report might prove untrue, but a
private dispatch to Mrs. Morgan fully confirmed
the sad intelligence.
The death OF Gen. Morgan has sent pAng
to nearly every heart in this community, where
be long resided and had wide circle Of warm
friends. Bat 10 bis devoted wife and two sweet
little daughters, no language can describe the
misery and mental suffering bis death has o.
casioned. May He "Who tempers the wind to
the shorn lamb" shield, protect and comfort
them In this their day Of afiicdops
We have no particulars In regard to the death
of Gen. Morgan; but from his well known
courage and impulsive nature, we have no doubt
but that he fell in the very front Of the battle.
he possessed noble mind and warm heart,
aud was patriot. Christian and an honest
man.
An effort will be made to have his remains
brought home for interment MT Vernon Ban.
neT Of lan toeek
l; wac with no ordinary sorrow .hs. we pub
lisbed, few days ago, the telegraphic an
nouucement of General GEoRaE W. MoRoANs
death. Bat We clBug to the hope that the re-
port was 10. true, until the Banner reached GO
with the confirmation contained In the ftrPgo.
ing paragraphs At the very beginning of our
editorial life, we discharged the cad duty Of
writing q nOtice OF the death Of THoM As
J. MoRoAN, who alsc died In the ser.
vice off his country being at the time
United States Secretary OF Legation at the
Court of Brazil, while Gov. TOP was the Minis
ter Plsnipotentiary. Some years later. ANDREW
]. MoReAS died in Mi nnesots, and We were
called to write another obituary notice OF mem
ber Of this gifted family. Now another brigh
star Of q brilliant constellation has gone out
from the sight of man, to shine with renewed
luster in another sphere.
| We have as yet none Of the particulars at
tending General MoRaAs's death-only, that
during the battle In which lie lost bis life, at
Vicksburg, he displayed the most remarkable
gallantry and daring, inspiring HE tOoops with
like courage and vslor, and leading them on
uoder the determination TO vsnquish the ene-
my. This everybody expected, who knew the
mau. He was q true soldier and brave. gal
liant ard uplished officer No man has
fallen 10 this saDguiDsry war, whose uniimely
death will be more sincerely and deeply re
gretted The country could III sfford 10 lose
him at this time.
We saw him last when he WAS in this city,
soon after bic return With his command from
Cumberland Gap. He MAS then full of lite aud
hope, and as genial as in other days. Lite
did we then dream, that we would 80 soon be
called On to announce his death,
We 6nd the following sk etch Of his military
career, during the Mexican War, 10 one Of our
New York exchanges
He spent two years at W eat Point, from June,
ls4l, 10 June, l643, haviog bsen admitted from
Pennsylvania. He became Colonel of the q
Regiment Ohio Volunteers, a twelve months
regi ment, on the 22d June, 1876. at the head
OF which be marched to the battle. field In the
Mexican War. He was subsequently, bfevet.
ted Bfigadier General for gallant and metito.
rious conduct at Contrefae and Cherubu.co,
| 10 the latter of which battles be Was severely
wounded. The fret duty assigned HE regiment
was that Of conveying provision trains from Ca.
margo, on the Rio Grande, to Monterey. lefor.
alton reached him that Gen. Santa Anna Sss
marching on Gen Taylor with an overwhelming
force, and had sent Gen. Urea around with
1000 cavalry TO cut of his suppies and inter.
cept his retreat. Morgan was then at Ceralyo
with only battalion Of about 300 men, and had
to decide Immediately whether to attempt to
reach the river In the rear, or Monterey, more
than sixty miles in the front. He decided to
attempt the latter. He then gathered all his
stores and wagons, except one, into the middle
Of the Plaza and burned them, and then formed
his men into hollow square. with the one
wagon Ia the middle. and started on bis perilous
retreat forward. Soon Urea and his 1000
horsemen appeared and formed. In the frs. open
space, for q charge, threatening TO ride down
the little band Of bristling bayonets. But they
rode furiously up only to break and scatter be.
fore reaching the rock Of their own destruction.
Again and again they formed at every conven.
lent place, only to 60 through with the same
mAneuver Never could Urea, with oil his ef-
forts, get his men up to the point of the
bayonet, or often within convenient reach
| of cold lead, while onward went
the fesolute three hundred, never
resting, except for few moments at a time in
their tracks and with their arms In their hands,
during the whole long mssch. 10 the mean
time, Gen, Taylor bad defeated Santa Anna
and fallen back with Q portion OF his army to
Monterey. From that place he sent out sever.
al miles two field pieces, which drove of Urea,
and enabled Morgan's men to relax little;
but when he ended the march, many of them
we're more nearly dead than alive. He had, 4,
however, accomplished his object, with the
loss of only one man wounded, and he on the
top of the wagon. By many acquainted with all
the circumstances, II was considered one Of the
most remarkable feats Of the Mexican war.
Gen. MoRaAN was United States Consul at
Marseilles during the Administration Of Presi.
dent PIERCE; and during the Administration Of
Mr.. BUCHANAN, he was our Minister to Portu
gal. He returned home after the beginning
of this war, and, during last year. was made a
Brigader General and given an important
command,
AS brother HARPEs, of the Banner, very
truly says: "He possessed noble mind and a
warm heart, and was patriot, Christian and
an honest man." We tender to his stricken
and bereaved family and kindred. and to his
many friends throughout the country, our sor.
rowing sympathy and coincidence
Starved. a
On Saturday q soldiers wife-Mary Ann
Kiduey-was found in her room, No. 1852 Cen.
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