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Civil War Soldiers - Morgan

Morgan, Charles H., brigadier-general, U.S. Army, was born in Manlius, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1834. He was graduated at the United States military academy in 1857, and prior to the Civil war saw service in the Utah expedition, 1857-59. He was promoted 1st lieutenant, April 1, 1861, and served, in 1861-62, in western Virginia and in the defenses of Washington, and in the Army of the Potomac, March-Aug., 1862. He took part in the Rappahannock campaign, the battles of Gettysburg and Warrenton, the skirmishes at Auburn and Bristoe Station, the battles of the Wilderness, the skirmish at Todd's tavern, the battles of Spottsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomy, Cold Harbor and vicinity, Petersburg, Deep bottom, Reams' station, Boydton plank road, and the siege of Petersburg, and in 1864-65 assisted in organizing the 1st army corps of veterans at Washington, D. C. He was chief of artillery, 2nd corps, Army of the Potomac, 1862- 63 ; assistant inspector-general and chief of staff, 2nd army corps, 1863-64, and 1st veteran corps, 1865. He was assistant inspector-general and chief of staff to Gen. Halleck, commanding the middle military division, from Feb. to June, 1865, and a member of the examining board, June to Aug., 1865. He was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers, May 21, 1865, and was mustered out of the volunteer service on that day. He was brevetted major for gallant and meritorious services at Gettysburg; lieutenant-colonel for conduct at Bristoe Station; colonel for gallantry at Spottsylvania Court House; colonel of volunteers "for distinguished and valuable services and gallantry throughout the campaign, and especially at the Wilderness and Spottsylvania;" brigadier-general of volunteers for gallant and distinguished services as chief of staff of the 2nd army corps during the campaign before Richmond, and brigadier-general U. S. A. March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the war. After the war Gen. Morgan was promoted major of the 4th artillery and was stationed at various posts, and finally at Alcatraz island, Cal., where he died, Dec. 20, 1875.

Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
 

Morgan, Edwin D., major-general, U.S. Army, was born in Washington, Mass., Feb. 8, 1811. He entered business life as clerk in the wholesale grocery store of his uncle in Hartford, Conn., in 1828, was admitted to partnership in 1831, and in 1836 moved to New York city, where he established himself as a merchant and accumulated a large fortune. He held various offices in New York city; was chairman of the Republican national committee in 1856 and vice-president of the Republican national convention of that year; was member of the state senate, 1850-54, commissioner of emigration, 1855-58, and from 1859 to 1862 was governor of the state of New York. He was appointed major-general of volunteers by President Lincoln, Sept. 28, 1861, and held the position until Jan. 1, 1863, when he resigned, refusing compensation for his services. During this time the state of New York was a military department under his command, and he sent 223,000 troops from New York to the army and put New York harbor in a state of defense. During his term of office as governor of New York the state debt was reduced and an increase in canal revenue was made. Gen. Morgan was United States senator from New York, 1863- 69; declined the portfolio of the treasury, offered him by President Lincoln in 1865 ; was temporary chairman of the Republican national convention in 1864; delegate to the Loyalists' convention in Philadelphia in 1866; chairman of the Republican national convention of 1872, and manager of the campaign which resulted in the reelection of President Grant. He was an unsuccessful candidate for United States senator in 1875 and for governor of New York in 1876, and in 1881 declined the secretaryship of the treasury in President Arthur's cabinet. He died in New York city, Feb. 14, 1883. Gen. Morgan's philanthropic bequests aggregated $795,000.

Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
 

Morgan, George W., brigadier-general, U.S. Army, was born in Washington, Pa., Sept. 20, 1820. He entered Washington college, but left when sixteen years old to enlist in a company organized for the purpose of assisting Texas to gain her independence, and at the age of eighteen years he was in command of Galveston. He entered the United States military academy in 1841, but left in 1843, studied law, and practiced at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, until the beginning of the Mexican war. In that conflict he served first as colonel of the 2nd Ohio volunteers and then of the 15th U. S. infantry, and was engaged at Contreras, and at Churubusco, where he was severely wounded. For his gallantry he was brevetted brigadier-general and was awarded the thanks of the legislature of Ohio, and was presented with a gold sword by the citizens of that state. He was United States consul at Marseilles, France, 1856-58, and minister to Portugal, 1858-61 ; was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers, Nov. 12, 1861, and assigned to duty under Gen. Buell. In March, 1862, he assumed command of the 7th division, Army of the Ohio, and was ordered to occupy Cumberland gap, and, if possible, drive the Confederates out of East Tennessee. He took possession of Cumberland gap, June 18, 1862, but in September of that year retreated toward the Ohio, as its importance in a general campaign was disproportionate to the force required to maintain it. He commanded a division under Gen. Sherman at the battle of Chickasaw bluffs, Vicksburg, Miss., under Gen. McClernand at the capture of Fort Hindman, Ark., Jan. 11, 1863, and on June 8, 1863, he resigned on account of ill health. He was an unsuccessful candidate on the Democratic ticket for governor of Ohio in 1865, and was congressman, 1867-69 and 1871-73. He died at Old Point Comfort, Va., July 26, 1893.

Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
 

Morgan, James D., brigadier-general, U.S. Army, was born in Boston, Mass., Aug. 1, 1810. In 1826 he went to sea for a three years' cruise, but when the vessel was thirty days out a mutiny occurred and shortly afterward the ship was burned. Young Morgan escaped to South America, and thence, after many hardships, made his way back to Boston. He was a merchant in Quincy, Ill., 1834-61, helped to organize the "Quincy Grays," and was captain in the Quincy riflemen during the Mormon difficulties in Hancock county, Ill., 1844-45. He was captain in the 1st Ill. volunteers during the Mexican war. He became lieutenant-colonel of the 10th Ill. volunteers, April 29, 1861, colonel, July 29, 1861, and for meritorious services at New Madrid and Corinth he was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers July 17, 1862. He commanded the 14th army corps at Chattanooga, in Nov., 1863, served in the Chattanooga campaign, distinguishing himself at Buzzard Roost gap, May 9, 1864, and in the Atlanta campaign, where he succeeded to the command of the 2nd division after Gen. Jefferson C. Davis succeeded to the command of the 14th army corps. On Sept. 28, 1864, he was sent with his division into Tennessee to oppose Gen. Forrest, and he took part in Gen. Sherman's march to the sea and the campaign through the Carolinas. For gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Bentonville, N. C., he was brevetted major-general March 13, 1865, and on Aug 24, 1865, he was honorably mustered out and returned to Quincy, Ill., where he became a banker. He was also president of the Army of the Cumberland and treasurer of the soldiers' home, Quincy, Ill. Gen. Morgan died in Quincy, Ill., Sept. 12, 1896.

Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
 


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