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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mitchel , Ormsby McKnight 1810 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morgan , John Hunt 1826 - (search)
Morgan, John Hunt 1826-
Military officer; born in Huntsville, Ala., June 1, 1826; killed at Greenville, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1864.
Settled near Lexington, Ky., in 1830, with his parents; served under Taylor in the
John Hunt Morgan. war with Mexico; and in 1861, at the head of the Lexington Rifles, he joined Buckner of the Kentucky State Guard.
At the battle of Shiloh he commanded a squadron of Confederate cavalry, and soon afterwards began his career as a raider.
His first noted exploit was his invasion of Kentucky from eastern Tennessee (July, 1861), with 1,200 men, under a conviction that vast numbers of young men would flock to his standard and he would become the liberator of that commonwealth.
Dispersing a small National force at Tompkinsville, Monroe co., he issued a flaming proclamation to the people of Kentucky.
He was preparing the way for Bragg's invasion of that State.
Soon recruits joined Morgan, and he roamed about the State, plundering and destroying.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smith , William 1727 -1803 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stoneman , George 1822 -1894 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)
Walker, Leroy Pope
Jurist; born near Huntsville, Ala., July 8, 1817; was speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives in 1847-50; judge of the State circuit court in 1850-53; Confederate Secretary of War in 1861-62; and later a brigadier-general.
After the war he resumed practice in Huntsville, Ala., where he died, Aug. 22, 1884.
Walker, Leroy Pope
Jurist; born near Huntsville, Ala., July 8, 1817; was speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives in 1847-50; judge of the State circuit court in 1850-53; Confederate Secretary of War in 1861-62; and later a brigadier-general.
After the war he resumed practice in Huntsville, Ala., where he died, Aug. 22, 1884.