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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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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