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FIGHT AT 1Eees sENp.

From Burksvil!e Morgan hastened to Co
lumbia, Ky, and beyond. There was n skir
mish at Columbia. He attempted at Tebbs
pend to cross Green river, with two rcgi
ments July L. a portion of the Twenty fifth
i.i"higan Union volunteers was at this point
rnler Col .. H. Moore Morgan summoned
.oorc to surrender.
The Fourth Of July is not proper day
fot INT TO entertain such proposition," re
lisd Moore
Morgan attacked There was a furious
Note to the Editor from Gen TIobson was
placed in conr.!and of all the Federal cavalry
that pursued and captured John Morgan in ,sG.
defeated and broke up his entire command At
Burlington Island, on the Ohio river after p,,lsu
;ns !lii.. through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio
twenty ono days and nights durlmg the pursuit
We suffered many pnvations. ! can oniy rencn
Der OF about forty hours rest and sleep through
otit the Whole Lu:suit. Maj Gea. A. L. burnside
placed re III co:!u.and Of the expedition Very
lespec:i -!'y, &C., T. II. lloCsoS
fight Of several hours Moore's little force
consisted Of only 200 but they we're inside 9
strong stoo okade ard well prepared for resist
ance Morgan wns at length driven oil
aafie: losing nearly fifty of his men. The
Kentucky legislature gave vote of thanks
TO Col Moore and his plucky little band
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scarcely another man i'll his right senses
would have done, and generally came Off
with whole skin. 1t was his reckless daring,
however, that proved his uudoins at last
On his raids he was always accompanied
by telegraph operator, who carried small
electric battery In Union neighborhootls
the bold raider tapped telegraph wires and
caused his operator to transmit aud receive
messages that gave him valuable nforma
tion. He sometimes also penetrated even to
the Union lines in disguise.
In tho summer of 1859 Morgan constituted
a part of Kirby Smiths command in the ex
pedition which crossed Kentucky and came
so dangerously near Cincinnati Morgan at
this time visited his own city of Lexington,
and received q triumphant ovation from
Confederate sympathizers. When Bragg re
tired s1rthward after the battle of Perry
vile, in October, 1862, Morsan's cavalry
covered his retreat.
After that Morgan was quiet for time
What he was about may DO guessed from the
announcement of his marriage, Dec. 4, 1862
to Miss Ready The day was Sunday Nor
gan was promoted to major generalcy i'll
the morning. and in the evening was married
He won his bride under the very eyes of Il
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THE PURSUIT.

Two days after Morgan crossed the Cum
berland force of all the Union soldiers that
could be hastily gathered was on his track
The force consisted of infantry, artillery and
cavalry Gen. Judah commanded, and with
Gm We're Gems Hobson and Shackelford and
Col. Wolford
Gen Edward n Hobson, like Morgan
himself, was Kcntuckian. He was born in
Greensburs in 1925. He was possessed OF
great pluck and determination, even as
hoy When IL years old he was at college in
Danville, ky His health failed him, and he
took walking tour through the south. He
hirrl himself to hog driver. Great herds
u: swine, with their keepers, used to make OH
foot the long journeys they now perform by
"ailway train Young Hobson Travelled G0u
miles, in this way, to Huntsville, Ala Re
turning home i'll winter he walked through
the SNOW. 25o miles, from Smithland, Ky
Young liobson learned the saddler's trade
hut afterwards engaged in mercantile bust
ness in Greensburg. Like Morgan he served
III the Mexican war and became lieutenant
Hobson was banker in Greensburg in
lStil. He at once formed regiment for the
Union army and became its colonel The
Grcensburg bank contained Sl46,OoO The
place was threatened by the Confederate
Gen. Buckner, present governor Of Ken
lueky Hastily taking the money from tile
tank, flobson left Greensburg by night, and,
procuring guards and horses, conveyed his
valuable property to Lebanon, and thence
ny rail to place of safety in Louisville
Col Hobson was in many battles and ski
misheS in Kentucky and Tennessee. He also
took part in the battle of Corinth In Febru
'ry, 1853, he was appointed hrigadier gen
eral He asked to serve in southeastern Ken
Incky, that he might capture John Morgan
His request was granted and the cavalry
force was given to him. Gen. Hobson is nov
engaged in business in Greensburg, Ky
After Morgan's march Of ten miles in N.
:"ur and Il half he stopped in Springfield
long enough to parole his prisoners. He had
Thought he might reach Louisville and cap
tule it. But at Springfield, according to his
custom. he tapped the telegraph wires to us
certain what his enemies were about. H.,
earned thus that he was expected mt Louis
vllc, and that Louisville was prepared To
give him warm reception.
Thereupon he turned abruptly to the west
"ard and headed for the Ohio river at Brau
icnburg, Ky Thence he determined to cross
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formed himself of his projected route. When
his followers approached Il town some one or
more of them would frequently be recos
n'zed as strangers who lad visited the town
few days previous OH some pretext of blsi
hess So adroit We're they in framing such
preteSts that none suspected them of bcmr
Morgans spies
AT Corydon, Ind. the commander of one
part OF Morsan's force was. recognized rs Il
young man who had lately spent several
weeks III their midst. Another officer was
'ne who had even taken hand at working
III the Notifications hastily thrown up to
protect the town against Morgan.
The willy raider contrived to keep tho com
munities paralyzed with confusion. Even
away in Illinois tho Morgan scare" ex
tended At an Illinois wedding, 400 miles
way from tho scene of Morsan's exploits
the boys OF the ncighhorhoud executed n
rural clarivari for the newly welded pai,
Assniins their residence with Tin horns
whistles, pans, and all the varieties of tin
ware capable of making IL noise, they con
tinned the internal din till murili,r, M:lnv
whc heard it were persuaded That Morgan
was upon them, and they would believe
nothing else. Who but Morgan could make
such noise us that People He'd out of their
houses, hiding in corniiel!s and elsewhere
Al old Scotchman heard the groaus and
i"wls OF the Screnadins party He thought
they were cries of dying agony from the
wounded.
Its awfu' dreadful" be exclaimed "Ah
non. but he's long time Il dccing''
1T numbers and courage could have wi,rt,
iUt MORGAN hp woull kny, j,n,,, ,,,.,,,
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riamatlon Indiana had 6o,O0O men on then
way tonee, Morgan. More were offered. but
these were all that were accepted 1t was now
too we'll on In the third year of the war
Morgans approach struck panic into the
rlcb farming district through which he
passed. Amusing stories without end are
told of the Morgan scare" as it is called to
tins day Events sc exciting as it was occ,u
no; once in a century in those happy ugrl
'i.iturai reSions
The wiiies; rumors floatcd hundred miles
,uav from the point here hr really was As
-sun rs he came to u railway station it was
ms habit to take possession OF the telegraph
and send false messages of his whereabouts
Along the line Accurately toe had be in
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s;u-in. Among Persian Children.

They are fond Of singing, tho Persian chill
drcn are. 1t is something they learn almost
as soon as they can toddlc. But their sing
ing would not be much fancied, guess, by
American parents The whole art consists
in sustaining note as long as possible. 1t
makes small odds if the voice equaverins or
Aur-liso long as the note is held the singer
deserves high praise. There is very little,
ii any, time to these songs At least none is
recognizable. But they give sort of nasal
t"aug to them, one such being put in every
time the voice gives out, and the same sue
ccssion of three or four notes which makes
the tune is repeated again and again.-Wolf
von Schierbrand in The Cosmopolitan.
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'"'"'' ohi i'p u, WI COL. Israel GAf.kARD
the Seventh Ohio
cavalry, announcing lis readiness to sulreu
der Col; Garrard sent Adjt. I + Alien and
Lieut.. McColgin 10 receive .he surrender
IAey found the CoIfcGcrates sitting groupcii
together. in a ravinc Thoi We're guarded
by one United States soldier, Srrgt Dra.:e
OF the Eighth Michigan cavalry
Col l. i Allen, who received Dukes sur
rrnder, is now eagage'l in blsin IS in The
Tribune building, New York city Gen.
Basil Duke is daily engaged i'll lucrative
and pleasant pursuits of peace in Louis
vile, KY
Morgan and there's of his command u.gcd
their weary horses desperately up,!.e RIVER
~ beileviile, July ~, fourteen miles above
burlington Island, Morgan again attempted
20 cross. But still it was hoiseInen to rear of
h!m. gunf'oits before. At Be!."Ylln l.UN
more OF his men surrendered And still
the indomitahe leader himself was not yet
caught
Morgan fed inland again, to this tor. cf
McArthur, July 81. Then cuivins a,,nun..
he sought the river once n.orc ana tried to
cross at Marietta III vain There was no
say out
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AT BURLINGTON ISLAND.

jackson was lGo miles east of Cincinnati
The river at. huntington Island was fifty miles
from Jackson. If lie could reach that and
cross En WAS safe One more rid" for it, 10,
aud ha;al and then freedom. His exhausted
men could sca~cly bold themselves in THEN
saddles, bnt on they went to BuNing:1n
island reaching it July 10
Instead ot the safety they hoIei for at
Burlington Island they found only Il number
of Cntcd States gunboats, with cannon
waiting to open their grim tiironts against
Morgan and his command lie retrcatcI ia
hurried confusion, only 10 run into the jaws
Of the cavalry force upon bis flank and reat
f!ob,o!., Shackcltord and Judah had closed
N llpon MIN ut last. And still be unun..nN
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THE END OF Ttie RACE

Back from the river ard r;!yard the
hunted raider rode To Eastport 10 start
anew for the river AMI n.ake.oiin more AZ
tempt for iite !!u, there wcr. those teh!ni
am who bad Tcwei not TO q.!, t.. -adlle
IN 'ohn Morgan was capturcl Tr.',c we're
'd1 oi Slacketord's nien with ihe,, E,,!r,
i; heir head
VI New Lisbon, i'll Columbi4l.:. equity
eastern Ohio, the '.swamp fox was Driven
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Whom Morgan was at last captured he was
IN PRISON..

Morgan and his chief officers were taken TO
Columbus, o., and confined in the pcnitcn
tlary Their heads wcrc shaved, and they
were treated in soma respects us common
prisoners. They remained in Tho state prison
from August till Nov. 26, 1858 Basil Duke
and the officers captured with him were ut
!ir>t sent to Johnsoms Island, i'll Lake Erie, II
few minutes sail from Sandusky, o. But
Duke and his comrades We're afterwards sent
with the rest of Morgans officers to tho state
prison The captured private sohlcrs were
forwarded to Camps Douglas and Norton
To men who had spent months, years even,
in the open air, much of tho time Oh horse
back, the confinement in the prison was suor
something frightful. Basil Duke says in his
book: "'lhe dead weight of the hugo stone
prison seemed resting on our breasts" They
were told that they were thus subjected to
prison discipline on account of the Treatment
Of Col. Streight 10y the Confccratcs. The
shaving oil of their luxurious boards was not
tlie least of the indignitcs To somo of the
captiveS. Duke says: Some young men lost
boards and ml!stachcs on this occasion which
they had cultivated assi,luously with scon,y
returns for years"
There were siSty-cight of tho Morgan
men made prisoners. They occupied the
east hall of the penitcntiary. After some
weeks of confinement Morgan became almost
frantic. land some of the rest began to
form plans for escape.
At length Morgan and Capt Thomas III
Hines hit upon Il scheme which seemed prac
ticabe. They had been allowed, to receive
food and other articles from friends and
relatives outside. Correspondence by lcttc,
with their families was allowed. 1t has
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were frank and GEN JOHN II. MORGAN
winning and there was about him the mag
Eetisn that drew to him the hearts of men
and women His commanding presence was
such that wherever he appeared lie was
recognized as an uncommon man. His men
tally was as uncommon as his physique, and
impressed itself strongly AS soon as he
crossed the Ohio river after his memorable
escape from the Ohio pcnitentiary, lie was
anown and recognized whereve, he set foot
As he passed through Kentucky and 1ennes
see on his way south he was greeted con
stantly with the words: 81 know who YOU
are you are John Morgan" If he had been
as well known north of the Ohio river US he
WAS south he never could have Travelled un
recognized in railway train from Colnm
l,!i, y to Cincinnati.
AT 10 years Of sge his fiery, restless spirit
tots him INTO army service during the Mexi
can var Young rs he was, he became u
lieutenant The handsome laslling young
otii,'er returned home from Mexico and set
tied down to business pursuits in the splendid
Blue Grass region of Kentucky He became
manufacturer OF the coaiser grades of tex
tile fabrics in Lexington, KY Here he soon
amassed a competency Ills business talents
and energy were as great as his physical
strength. and all alike seemed exhaustless
He married Miss isebecca Bruce, of the
well tncwn Kentucky Bruce family pc
tuljarity .! nia character was the enthusiasm
he seemed to arouse among women. On all
his RAIDS through Kentucky during the wal
he was wee lomed feasted and feted by wo
men Babies were named for him So we're
farorite horses
In several Instances ladies voted addresses
Of welcome to the bold raider when be ap
l,na"e'l i'll theiI towns, delivering the speeches
in thalr own silvery southern soprano
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Tho Medical rrol.s,ion,s <,i,ari,,

In paper read by II Baltimore physician
it was truly said that persons accept medical
charity who would not accept it in any
other form, and who are able to pay the
doctor The reason for this condition of
thing les in great measure, in the willing
ness OF physicians, especially young phys!
clans who want practice, to give their scr
vices. No other profession is 50 cariiaLl,
us tho medical. Chicago Herald
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platform at the CAPT. TLos, IL HINES.
other end Of the car, and they nl piled all
their strength to the breaks.
The train slowed. and the two bold adven-
turers spran3 off, almost into the arms Of q
guard Of Union soldiers. Ono of them asked,
"th an oath, what the inen wcre jumping
off there for "What's the use of a mans
going into town when ho lives out heref
replied Morgan "And what's it your bust
ness, anyhowF'
oh, nothing" answered the soldier.
Such is the story as told by Cen Duke and
lthcrs. 1t does not appear what the con-
uctor of the train was doing all this time,
however
y hoy ferried Morgan and Capt. Hines
over the river for 50. Once more they were
on Kentucky soil, in Newport. When, a few
niLu,es later, the telegraph brought word to
Tin nnati that Morgan had escaped from
Columbus, the boy who conveyed him over
tie river in his skf gave the first inforina-
ton as to the raiders probable method of ac-
o:nplishing his freedom.
But by that time Morgan was across tho
Licking river, from Newport. and already
well on his way to safety in Boone county.
::avel being furnished him by devoted
friends At no time during their impriscn-
nent We're Morgan and his officers without
.milc supplies Of money and other articles.
T.tlr cecape could not have been effected
thcrwise. In the prison they swept their
l.y:. cells, and thus we're able to conceal the
olr in the flooring.
Morean's journey to tho Confederate lines
n Tennessee was no less romantic and excit-
,IG than his escape from the prison. He
made his xav to Richmond. The next heard
If him in the north after his escape from
,.ollm.bus, o., was that lie was receiving an
overwhelming ovation i'll the Confederate
sii!ta!
Larry in 1854 the indomitable cavalryman
!ruy He was placed, not, as he wished,
Iver his old division, remnant Of which
"as stil left, but over the department Of
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THE ESCAPE.

The night was dart; and rainy, and favored
their escape The hook aud rope did their
work well. and in Il few minutes after leaving
their tunnel the seven men were in FREQ ar.
They separated into three parties, Morgan
and Capt. lines taking railway train to
Ciucinnati
\ Union officer Of high rank was on board
tn, cal i'll which Morgan and Capt. Hines
sat Morgan at once approached him and
engaged him in conversation. Asthcy passed
the state prison the officer remarkcd:
''lhat is the hotel where John Morgan
stops, believe" "Ycs, and it is to be hoped
b. will stop there, answered Morgan "Iet
u, drink to him" With this remark Gen.
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the cell down into an air chamber under
nea,h, thence to the yard of the prison.
Cen. Basil Duke says they tore their bed
covering into strips and male rope Of it.
An iron poker from the stove was beaten
'hion hook, and with this e&tcmporlH.i ropo
ana hook they prepared to scale the great
vail of the penitentiary yard The signal to
20 was given just after the great prison bell
struck the hour Of midnight dummies"
had been prepared ny stuiling their old gar
mr''s with newspapers. These they left
Covered in their beds to deceive the guard,
who always looked into their cells with q
lantern ON his hourly rounds, holding it up
To 81 through the grating
Cltns went the great iron bell on tho
stroke OF midnight, Nov &C. lsG3 While it
s'r'!"s: "A ,aI l.cncath on the lool of each cell
t"l,! the seven men That their hour Ind come
With liritin@ hearts and hurried hands they
placed til" dummies" in The beds aud slipped
down INT" tile air chamber "A thin crust Of
cement had been left over the floors Of all the
ellis cXcci that of Capt Hines. The cutting
Of a! except his had been made from UNDER
upltI
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NNi'" 10 spring l
,oi! at Morgan's
approach the gov
.rrlors Of Ohio and
Indiana called on
lie men of their
.'atcs to arm them
,eiv.s and enlist to
ietcnd their homes.
a: is significant of
he vast resources
.tIli at command
II the north that in
forty eight hours
from the time of the
,ssuance OF Cover
-
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Knew When to ston.

y New England man has beaten the green
goods sawdust men at their own game. He
got one OF their circslars, and in reply asked
for sample of their goods They sent him
4 ge-4.na 81 bill, and the gentleman stopped
the correspondence then and there.-New
York Sun
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There is now I, postoftice for every 1900
men. women and children in the United
Stat'r>. Ii the expenses of carrying the mails
were paid direct from the pockets of the peo-
l!e pro rata, each citizen would pay an
average of eightytive cents Year for hav-
Ing his mail carried.-New York Evening
Mnrll
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Va 'l'N' 'i az "'''
10 slip past tileni
with n large por
ton Of his com
uand. Tho rest,
under Gen. Basil.
Duke, 700 men, sur
rendered to Shack
Chords command
after al hours
lighting, near Buf
fngton Island.
Duke sent n flag
of truce to Col.
Israel f,nrror,l nf
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~
into Indiana His
resources of mind
seemed infinite. His
men carried no
baggage, but sub
sisted ON the couu
try AS fast as
his horses became
worn out he levied
on the rich farmers
for others, thus OBJ
tanning a fires b
I'm ount whenever
his men needed it.
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make n raid into GEN ED. H. hobsoN.F
Kentucky, on Green river, destroying sew
cnty-tive miles of railroad and capturing
1000 prisoners.
In the summer of 1868 occurred Morgans
great raid north of the Ohio Gen Burnside
was then III command of the department OF
the Ohio. The state of Kentucky was iii
vided into three military districts, extending
from the Zig Sandy to the Cumberland
river Gen. Buraside's headquarters were ii;
Cincinnati
In the plan for the Morgan raid, the cal,
ture of Louisville was expected to result
Morgan with $500 men was to dash north
ward through Kentucky, destroying rail
roads and capturing prisoners and supplies
1t was a dark period of the war for those
who adhered to the Union cause. The battle
of Gettysburg had not been fought, and
Nicksburs had not yet fallen. The northern
states, particularly those on the border, were
full of Confederate sympathizers. 1t was he
lievcd by the Richmond government that n
grand dash northward by Morgan and his
men would arouse the latent enthusiasm fol
the Confedcracy, refill its depetoa stores
with army supplies and recruit thousands of
Young soldiers for the southern flag. So the
raid was planned
One object intended by Bragg, Alorgan's
SUPERIOR was to draw the attention OF Burn
side and Rosecrans us far as possible ava,
from himself, i'll Tennessee, and enable him
to complete movements lie contemplated
Bragg and Morgan planned the raid to
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gethcr. On one
point they dis
agreed llopelessly
Bragg forbad g
Morgan to cross
tho Ohio river to
the north side. He
must confne his
operations to Ken
lucky. The expe
dition left Sparta,
Tenn, June 81,
1863. No sooner
was it out of hear
ing Of Confederate
headquarters than
Morgan informed
Gen. Basil Duke.
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MORGAN IN INDIANA.

Morgan passed through the Indiena towns
If Corydon, Greenvilie Palmyra and Salem
He reached Salem, railroad town thirty
miles from Louisville, July Q Here there
was ssir,nlsh, and the Confederates cap
'urcd $50 nome guards These "home guards
,D...;.nd To snriun like ARMED men from tht
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With Morgans norsemen, being obliged to
keep up with them If any were unable to
.do 50 they were shot dead by Morgan's order
and left lying in the road. After leaving
Lebanon the party Travelled ten miles in ali
hour and a half
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Morgan otHcreal tie

Morgan offered tho
Z nion officer Il
lrink Of fimc Ken
lucky WHISKY 1t
was co urtcously
accepted, and 50
the night wore
away.
In the dawn the
train approached
Cincinnati. NJ or
gan pulled the bell
rope, so Duke says,
md went out upon
tn" plat f orin
Hines moyel to the
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Ginger tea is an old fashioned stnl..;.cl.
warmer DO not boil aromatic teas or ,ithel
preparations, because that would ,iri.c n!i
their volatile OIL which is their active prim
ciple
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t
ere he set foot on
y hio soil. The
"honic guards" Of
both Ohio and In
diana wcrc ready
to 10 What inr,
could. But they
were un'llsciplirr,t
in martial USAGE
Morgan had ey
perte,t that his
force 4 would Ine
added to troin TIA
supposed large
number OF Con
feticri;c synpa,lii
Zrrs in the southern
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One of the most romantic and exciting
episodes of the civil war was that famous
cavalry expedition known as "Morsan's
raid," in the summer of 1868. The raid be
gan the last of June. in Tennessee, just south
of the Kentucky iime. July p Morgan and
his men crossed the Cumberland river at
Burksville, headed northwest through Ken
lucky crossed the Ohio river at Bran,len
burg Ky, forty miles below Louisville, July
=, and entered the state of Indiana. Pursu
ing general direction parallel with the
Ohio river from five to forty miles
north OF it, they passed from Indiana into
southern Ohio approaching within fifteen
miles of Cincinnati i'll their journey The
ending of the raid was partly at Burlington
Island, in the Ohio river, July 49, and finally
at New Lisbon ", July 2G.
John H. Morgans influence on the conduct
of the late war was more than is generally
known. 1t was he who originated mounted
infantry lighting He originated also cav
airy raids those stupendous military rides
which were made so much use of by both
sides during the war. The plan was to ride
over long stretches of country and fall OH un
expected places. The mounted infantry did
not fight on horseback, thus differing from
cavalry When fighting was to be done they
dislnounted, formed in line ard used tue
regular infantry arms This mode of battle,
il a country Of long distances, has undoubted
advantages
Johr Hunt Morgan was born in Hunts
vile, Ala, in 1896. When he was four years
old bis parents removed to Lexington, KY
John was the eldest of familv of civ