Title: John Hunt Morgan and his raiders
Description: Biography of John Hunt Morgan (1825-1864), son of Calvin C. Morgan and Henrietta Hunt, was born in Huntsville, Alabama but brought up in Lexington, Kentucky. He served with Kentucky troops during the Mexican War, and in 1847 married Rebecca Gratz Bruce. He served as a Confederate cavalry officer, chiefly effective as a raider and guerrilla fighter against the north, and died in battle on September 1864 near Greeneville, Tennessee.
Subjects: Morgan's Ohio Raid, 1863, Confederate States of America. Army. Morgan's Cavalry Division, Confederate States of America, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Soldiers, Cavalry operations, History, Biography, State & Local, Civil War Period (1850-1877), General, Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Cavalry Military operations, Morgan, john hunt, 1825-1864, Kentucky, history, Morgan's raid, 1863
Places: Kentucky, United States
People: John Hunt Morgan (1825-1864)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865