John Hunt Morgan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Confederate Army general
Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1825
Place of Birth: Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Date of Death: 04-Sep-1864
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About John Hunt Morgan
- John Hunt Morgan (June 1, 1825 – September 4, 1864) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. In April 1862, he raised the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, fought at Shiloh, and then launched a costly raid in Kentucky, which encouraged Braxton Bragg's invasion of that state.
- He also attacked the supply-lines of General William Rosecrans.
- In July 1863, he set out on a 1,000-mile raid into Indiana and Ohio, taking hundreds of prisoners.
- But after most of his men had been intercepted by Union gunboats, Morgan surrendered at Salineville, Ohio, the northernmost point ever reached by uniformed Confederates.
- The legendary "Morgan's Raid", which had been carried out against orders, gained no tactical advantage for the Confederacy, while the loss of his regiment proved a serious setback. Morgan escaped from his Union prison but his credibility was low, and he was restricted to minor operations.
- He was killed at Greeneville, Tennessee, in September 1864.
- Morgan was the brother-in-law of Confederate general A.
- P.
- Hill.
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