See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• HUNT, ALFRED WILLIAM (183o-1896)
• HUNT, HENRY (1i73-1835)
• HUNT, HENRY JACKSON (1819-1889)
• HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH (1784-1859)
• HUNT, ROBERT (1807-1887)
• HUNT, THOMAS STERRY (1826-1892)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HENRY (1790—1864)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HOLMAN (1827-1910)
• HUNT, WILLIAM MORRIS (1824-1879)

HUNT See also:

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

MORGAN (1825-1864)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American Confederate soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• HUNTSVILLE

Huntsville, See also:

• ALABAMA

Alabama, on the 1st of See also:

• JUNE

June 1825, and was brought up on a See also:

• FARM

farm near See also:

• LEXINGTON
• LEXINGTON, BARON

Lexington, See also:

• KENTUCKY

Kentucky, to which his parents removed in 1830 . In the Mexican See also:

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

War he was a first See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant of a Kentucky See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment . On the outbreak of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil War he was See also:

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

captain of the Lexington Rifles (organized in 1857); in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1861 he succeeded in getting out of Lexington the See also:

• COMPANY

company's arms after the issue of the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order for the disarming of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state guard, and See also:

• LATE

late in 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 reached the Confederate See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp at Woodsonville on the See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green See also:

• RIVER

river . He proved himself an able See also:

• SCOUT (from O. Fr. escouter, mod. ecouter, Lat. auscultare, to listen)

scout, and was made captain of a cavalry company and See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of a cavalry " See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron," including two other companies, which in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1862, with See also:

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

General A . S . See also:

• JOHNSTON, ALBERT SIDNEY (1803–1862)
• JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER (1849-1888)
• JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH (1804-1871)
• JOHNSTON, ARTHUR (1587-1641)
• JOHNSTON, J
• JOHNSTON, JOSEPH EGGLESTON (1807-1891)
• JOHNSTON, SIR HENRY HAMILTON (1858- )

Johnston's other forces, withdrew from Kentucky to See also:

• CORINTH
• CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF

Corinth, See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi . He was commissioned a See also:

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

colonel after the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• SHILOH
• SHILOH, BATTLE OF

Shiloh, and in See also:

• JULY

July 1862, starting from eastern See also:

• TENNESSEE

Tennessee, made the first of his famous raids . He routed a Federal force at See also:

• LEBANON
• LEBANON (from Semitic laban, " to be white," or " whitish," probably referring not to snow, but to the bare white walls ofchalk or limestone which form the characteristic feature of the whole range)

Lebanon, destroyed much See also:

• ROLLING

rolling stock and other railway See also:

• PROPERTY

property, and threatened See also:

• LOUISVILLE

Louisville and See also:

• CINCINNATI

Cincinnati . In See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August and September he took See also:

• PART

part in General Braxton See also:

• BRAGG, BRAXTON (1817—1876)

Bragg's invasion of Kentucky, and again threatened See also:

• OHIO

Ohio . In See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December he defeated the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison at Hartsville, Tennessee, taking prisoners, valuable stores, and many See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle; was commissioned brigadier-general for this success; and soon afterward again raided Kentucky . To See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover Bragg's See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement from Tullahoma to See also:

• CHATTANOOGA

Chattanooga 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 made, in July 1863, his famous See also:

• RAID

raid into See also:

• INDIANA

Indiana and Ohio . Bragg had instructed him to confine himself to Kentucky, but Morgan hoped to gain recruits in Indiana, where opposition to the war was strong .

With 2460 men he crossed the Cumber-See also:

• LAND

land near Burkesville, Kentucky, on the 2nd of July; on the 5th captured a garrison at Lebanon; and on the 13th entered Ohio near See also:

• HARRISON
• HARRISON, BENJAMIN
• HARRISON, FREDERIC (1831— )
• HARRISON, JOHN (1693—1776)
• HARRISON, THOMAS (16o6-166o)
• HARRISON, THOMAS ALEXANDER (1853– )
• HARRISON, WILLIAM (1534–1593)
• HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY (1773–1841)

Harrison . The See also:

• REGULAR

regular cavalry, under Generals E . H . Hobson and 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 M . Shackelford, was now See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close behind him, and his way was beset by quickly gathering See also:

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

militia . He marched through the suburbs of Cincinnati on the See also:

• NIGHT

night of the 13th and on the 18th got to See also:

• PORTLAND
• PORTLAND, EARL OF
• PORTLAND, ISLE OF
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK

Portland, near Buffington See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, where he attempted to See also:

• CROSS

cross on the next 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; but gunboats and steamers prevented him . In a See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp battle he lost 600 or more men . As many more surrendered soon afterwards, and about 300 crossed the river . On the 26th he surrendered to General Shackelford at New See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon . He was imprisoned with 70 of his men in the See also:

• PENITENTIARY (med. Lat. poenitentiarius, from poenitentia, penance, poena, punishment, a term used both as adjective and substantive, referring either to the means of repentance or that of punishment. In its ecclesiastical use the word is used as the equi

penitentiary at See also:

• COLUMBUS
• COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER [in Spanish CRISTOBAL COLON] (c. 1446, or perhaps rather 1451, -15o6)

Columbus, from which on the night of the 27th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November he and six of his companions escaped by a See also:

• TUNNEL (Fr. tonne!, later tonneau, a diminutive from Low Lat. tonna, tunna, a tun, cask)

tunnel they had dug . In the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1864 hewas put in virtual command of the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

Department of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South-western See also:

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

Virginia, which included eastern Tennessee, and late in August he took command at Jonesboro, See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia . On the 4th of September he was shot in a See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden in See also:

• GREENVILLE

Greenville, Tennessee, having been betrayed, it appears, to the Federals .

Morgan had an excellent See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye for topographical details, and by the swiftness of his movements and his sudden blows kept Kentucky in continual alarm . His lieutenant, See also:

• BASIL (Russ. VASILY)

Basil W . See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

Duke, says that his force at no See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time reached 4000, but that it `killed and wounded nearly as many of the enemy and captured more than 15,000." See Basil W . Duke,See also:

• HISTORY

History of Morgan's Cavalry (Cincinnati, 1867) .