Death of John Morgan - 1C 51 - Greeneville, TN
Posted by: vhasler
N 36° 09.860 W 082° 49.853
17S E 335321 N 4003728
Near here Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan of Morgan's Raiders was ambushed and killed in a surprised raid
Waymark Code: WM6D5K
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 05/15/2009
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Sign text:
The center of the present block was once the garden of the Williams house where Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan of Morgan's Raiders fame and his staff were billeted. Just after dawn a detail from Brig. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem's Federal forces slipped past Confederate outposts, surrounded the house, surprised and killed Morgan, and captured his staff.
Marker located on W. Church Street in front of St. James Episcopal church. The sidewalk was being converted from concrete to brick today, so could not take a straight-on photo of the marker.