The National tribune., 1896-11-26

pounding into the garden or ViheyaTu
in the rear of the house, where they con-
cealed themselves for short time; but
the Yankees poured in so thick and fast
that concealment soon became impossi-
BILE, so they rushed out to fight their
way through or meet with help from
Morgan's men, who were quartered in
the edge of the town. They were for
awhile in the basement of an old hotel
kept by Mrs. Fry, whose husband was
a prisoner for bushwhacking. She,
watching from the window, saw all the
movements of Morgan, and gave the
Union men information as to his where
abouts.
Seeing no chance of escape, they left
the basement of the hotel and ran back
into Mrs. Williams's garden. Maj. Gas
sett, Capt. Rogers, and a Mr.. johnson
were with Morgan, and in their attempt
to secrete themselves in the garden were
noticed by the enemy. who charged up
to the fence, and Gen. Morgan was shot
down, and the men with him were
captured.
Andrew G. Campbell, Co. G, 18th
Tenn. Cav, was
THE MAN WHO KILLED MORGAN.
Andrew Campbell had grudge against
him. 1t seems that Capt. Keenan,, A.A.-
6. of Gen. Gillem's staff, had been left
very sick at the house of some Union
woman, and not able to go ahead with
his company; Morgan and his men
found him, treated Keenan, most cruelty,
put him in a rough road-wagon, hauling
him off like a hog, and the woman who
was taking care of the soldier was Sc
verely berated by Morgan. Campbell
had also been conscripted into the rebel
ranks, and compelled to serve some
months before he could escape. After
shooting Morgan, Campbell took the
body on his horse before him, and car
ried it about quarter of mile; then,
pitching it to the ground, observed to
his officers there, /" He is like hog"
Campbell was promoted to Lieutenant
for his services in killing Morgan. This
looked cruel, but the feeling was intense
ly bitter in the border States, where men
were driven from their homes and all
their property taken away from them.
Charles Withers, A. A.-G. of Morgan,
of Covington, KY, and Capt. Clay, a
grandson of Henry Clay, were captured
in the garden of Mrs Williams, con-
cealed in hole in the ground where
potatoes had been buried. This ended
the life of the greatest raider the world
has ever known.
/ never thought Morgan a cruel man !;
he had kind and generous heart in
him, and often handed five-dollar bill
to the man he captured and paroled.
But, as Alexander Stephens told the
people of Georgia when about to secede,
"they who inaugurate revolutions rarely
live to see them through" "They who
SOW to the wind shall reap the whirl-
wind"
Three years and half of relentless
war laid waste the beautiful South /;
countless millions of dollars were spent,
and tens of thousands Of the sons of the
South perished in battle. Thirty-nine
of their Generals were killed or wound
ed during the last year Of the war, and
Morgan added one more to the list, who
"sowed to the wind and reaped the
whirlwind.
Gen. Gillian telegraphed to Gen. Tell
son as follows: Bulls Gap, Tenn, Sept.
4, 1851 surprised, defeated and
killed John Morgan at Greenville this
morning. The killed are scattered for
miles and have not been counted; they
probably number from 80 to 100, and
about 70 prisoners. Among the capt
ured was John Morgan's staff and one
piece of artillery"
Gen. John Morgan, the great Con
federate raider, was born near Lexing-
ton, KY, and was said to have been a
descendant of Morgan of Revolutionary
fame. He was the Oldest or six brothers.
all of whom were in the war of the re.
bellion, four Of them being killed.
Previous to the rebellion he was con-
sidered man of integrity in all of his
business relations, in the estimation oi
the public. He maintained a good
character at the commencement of the
war, and was engaged in the manufact.
ure of woolen goods at Lexington, KY;
He was a universal favorite among the
chivalry of Kentucky, especially among
the female Secessionists. In all his raids
into the State he was honored, cheered
and fed by women. But not all the
women were disloyal, for there were
thousands who were loyal and true tc
the old flag, but there were places in the
State where it was exceedingly hazardous
to make any expression of love for the
] Union. In 1912 he was student al
Hanover College, and fellow-studen1
writes of him that he was unusually
tall and rather slender, and was pre-
possessing in manners and personal ap
pearance, and was considered respect
able student in every way, but was moi
superior scholar. He was greatly ad
mired by the young ladies of that classic
village.