Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-02-26

" whom 10 was noticed stald TACK - .
horse holder In every fight. At last the
men spoke to mo about 1t, aud one day.
after had lost two orderics killed, call.
ed him out to act rs orderly and follow me
into the th!ckest d. it, tie was as white
as d sheet, and to,t! him no wnsa disgrace
to lis family. Ho tEsn confessed that h!s
courage was I'll right until Ec had the III
luck to meet gomo Of the horribly wounded
coming out.of tf:.ht. The thought Of
thc,i,, md their suilerings unnamed him.
But took him along, and as soon as we
got under fire tho blaod mounted to his
checks, and no went in with all the excite
nent and cxlilaratiOn Of u warrior. i
Ike that said l,c ana ho turned out one
Of tho bravest of tho kW.ve, In ono battle
DO was wounded three times and wouldn't
give up till 1t was all over. Z =
"Niorgan' r. raids were not reckless, par.
tisan forays, but military movemants, or.
lered officially from headquarters He
was given discretion where and how to
strike in order to carry out the wishes OF
his chief. The great Ohio raid was ordered
by Bragg for the purpose Of keeping tho
Federal forces north Of the Tennessee river
from marching to the support OF Rose
crans at Tullahoma. was present ut
one Of the conferences between Bragg and
Morgan, and Bragg said, Yes, go where
you can he most effective to keep back any
force Of the enemy Even to crossing the
Ohio river?' Yes, answered Bragg. Nor
gan had wonderful magnetic power over
every body who came into contact with
him, his superiors as we'll as his subordi
mates. 49, 3D.. ~ .l,.. .sl-%
"There were fivo of the remarkable Nor
gan family in the brigade at one time, the
general and four Of his ,rOthers. His
brother-in-law, General Basil Duke, was
with him all through and succeeded to the
command of the Kcntuckians after the
general tragic death. Cal Morgan, AS he
was called, was not regularly in the mill
tary service. He was my chun and COM
panion In camp and on the march He al
ways Carried rifle, but his chief service
was that of an extra pair of eyes for the
general or for myself when on u danger
GUS expedition. Colonel Richard Morgan
came to the brigade from the east. where
he had served on the staff of A. p. Hill,
another brother-in-luw Of General Morgan.
He was gallant soldier and was appoint
ed colonel of q regiment. Captain Charlie
ton Morgan was an aid-de-camp on the
generals staff. The youngest Of the BROTH
ers, Lieutenant Tom Morgan, was a boy
In his teens and had all the reckless cour
age Of hot blooded young Kentucky. He
was killed at Lebanon on the great raid
while charging the railway station under
a heavy fire. The general had once that
day ordered him away from the front. He
belonged to the Second Kentucky and was
the idol of the regiment ..-..1.%
"We were always dressed In gray uni
form or the sem blance Of q uniform. But
the officers very rarely wore insignia. I
never had the insignia of my rank. Once
q citizen admirer gave me q star for my
coat collar, a homemade affair, hammered
or stamped out of piece of silver plate
Morgan had but one uniform coat-a
roundabout Our weapons for officers and
men were revolvers and Enfield rifles, the
last for infantry fighting. Swords we're
discarded, because they made too much
noise for our style Of warfare, which was
to slip up and strike the enemy unawares.
"The only case of travelling in false COL
ors, except perhaps on slnall scouts, was
soon after the spy hanging episode at Fort
Granger in the spring Of 1853 Two Con-