See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

DANIEL See also:

• MORGAN
• DANIEL MORGAN (1736-1802)
• MORGAN, EDWIN DENNISON (1811-1883)
• MORGAN, JOHN HUNT (1825-1864)
• MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT (1837–1913)
• MORGAN, LEWIS HENRY (1818-1881)
• MORGAN, SYDNEY, LADY (c. 1783-1859)
• MORGAN, THOMAS (d. 1743)

MORGAN (1736-1802)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Hunterdon See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey, in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter of 1736, of Welsh ancestry . In 1753 he removed to See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia . In See also:

• JUNE

June 1775, soon after the outbreak of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, he was commissioned a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of Virginia riflemen, and he marched his See also:

• COMPANY

company to See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston in 21 days . In the winter of 1775 he accompanied See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• BENEDICT (BENEDICTUS)
• BENEDICT, SIR JULIUS (1804-1885)

Benedict See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold to See also:

• CANADA

Canada, and in the See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault on See also:

• QUEBEC

Quebec (Dec . 31) he and his riflemen penetrated well into the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, where he was hemmed in and was forced to surrender . On the 7th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1776 he was discharged on See also:

• PAROLE (shortened from the Fr. parole d'honneur, word of honour)

parole; on the 12th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November he was commissioned See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel of the 11th Virginia; and soon afterwards he was released from his parole . In the summer of 1777 he was engaged in See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor skirmishes in New Jersey, and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September joined General Horatio See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

Gates, then engaged in the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against General See also:

• BURGOYNE, JOHN (1722-1792)
• BURGOYNE, SIR JOHN FOX

Burgoyne . At the first See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• SARATOGA, BATTLES OF

Saratoga (See also:

• SEPT

Sept . 19) he was, until Arnold's arrival See also:

• LATE

late in the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, the ranking officer on the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field; and in the second battle (Oct . 7) also took a prominent See also:

• PART

part . See also:

• MORGAN
• MORGAN, DANIEL (1736-1802)
• MORGAN, EDWIN DENNISON (1811-1883)
• MORGAN, JOHN HUNT (1825-1864)
• MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT (1837–1913)
• MORGAN, LEWIS HENRY (1818-1881)
• MORGAN, SYDNEY, LADY (c. 1783-1859)
• MORGAN, THOMAS (d. 1743)

Morgan rejoined See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington in November near See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia . In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1779 he was commissioned by See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress colonel of the 7th Virginia; but in See also:

• JULY

July, suffering from poor See also:

• HEALTH

health and dissatisfied because Congress did not advance him further in See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank, he resigned from the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army and retired to Virginia .

After the battle of See also:

• CAMDEN
• CAMDEN, CHARLES PRATT, 1ST EARL (1714-1794)
• CAMDEN, JOHN JEFFREYS PRATT, 2ND EARL
• CAMDEN, WILLIAM (1551-1623)

Camden, however, he joined Gates (then in command in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South) at Hillsborough, See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Carolina, and on the 1st of See also:

• OCTOBER

October took command of a See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps . On the 13th of the same See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month Congress tardily raised him to the rank of brigadier-general . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 1781 See also:

• CORNWALLIS, CHARLES CORNWALLIS
• CORNWALLIS, SIR WILLIAM (1744-1819)

Cornwallis and See also:

• TARLETON, SIR BANASTRE (1754-1833)

Tarleton attempted to entrap him, but at the See also:

• COWPENS

Cowpens (See also:

• JAN

Jan . 17) he defeated Tarleton and then escaped from Cornwallis into North Carolina . Apparently Morgan suggested to See also:

• GREENE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1811-1883)
• GREENE, MAURICE (1695-1755)
• GREENE, NATHANAEL (1742-1786)
• GREENE, ROBERT (c. 1560-1592)

Greene (who had superseded Gates) that general's See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of battle at See also:

• GUILFORD
• GUILFORD, BARONS AND EARLS OF

Guilford See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House on the 15th of March . In See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December ' 1793 he was commissioned See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general of Virginia See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia, 'and in November 1794 commanded troops sent to suppress the See also:

• WHISKY, or WHISKEY

Whisky Insurrection in western See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania . He was a Federalist representative in Congress in 1797-1799, and died in See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester, Virginia, on the 6th of July 1802 . See See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• GRAHAM, SIR GERALD (1831–1899)
• GRAHAM, SIR JAMES ROBERT GEORGE
• GRAHAM, SYLVESTER (1794-1851)
• GRAHAM, THOMAS (1805-1869)

Graham, The See also:

• LIFE

Life of General See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel Morgan of the Virginia See also:

• LINE

Line (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1856) ; and Rebecca McConkey, The See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

Hero of Cowpens (rev. ed., New York, 1885) .