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#2842
JOHN HUNT MORGAN PAPERS
Summary

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Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864.
Papers, 1840-1870; 1890.
650 items (1.0 linear ft.).

Confederate cavalry raider and brigadier general of Kentucky.

Chiefly military and personal correspondence of John Hunt Morgan of
Kentucky relating to his activities in connection with recruiting and
organizing his men; his raids in Kentucky, Tennessee, and southwestern
Virginia; his imprisonment at Columbus, Ohio, in the summer of 1863; his
escape and return to the Confederacy in December 1863, and the
reorganization of his brigade; and his operations out of Abingdon, Va.,
until his death Greenville, Tenn., in September 1864.  Included is
correspondence of the Ready family of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and their
Cheatham relatives.  Gen. Morgan married Mattie Ready in December 1862.
Many of the letters are from Morgan's mother, Henrietta, of Lexington, Ky.,
to her daughter-in-law, and from Morgan's brothers and sisters.  The papers
before the Civil War are scattered Ready family papers.  The papers after
Morgan's death are chiefly letters received by his widow.  Among the
miscellaneous items included are three manuscript maps of Morgan's area of
operations; broadsides relating to orders and proclamations by Morgan; and
a folder of clippings.  Also included is an essay, 1890, by John M. Orr,
refuting an allegation that Morgan was betrayed by the Williams family of
Greenville, Tenn.

Purchase, 1952.

SEE ALSO:  James L. Norris Papers (#526); Alice Ready Diary (#1197); C. A.
Withers Reminiscences (#1670); Joseph Smith Fowler Papers (#2239) in the
Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at  Chapel
Hill.

ONLINE CATALOG TERMS:
   Cheatham family.
   Confederate States of America. Army. Morgan's Cavalry Division.
   Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
   Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
   Morgan family.
   Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864.
   Orr, John M.
   Ready family.
   Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
   United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cavalry operations.
   United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps.
   United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
   Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

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