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 John Hunt Morgan - Greeneville, TNPosted by:  Hobo Larry
N 36° 09.780 W 082° 49.860
17S E 335307 N 4003580
A memorial for John Hunt Morgan on the Courthouse lawn in Greeneville, Tennessee.
Waymark Code: WM12PW1
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 06/28/2020
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A memorial to Confederate General John Hunt Morgan who was slain near here on September 4, 1864 during the Civil War is made of light brownish grey hard stone, it does not appear to be marble, but more like a fine grain sandstone and is 8 feet high by 4 feet wide and 6 inches thick and sits along the sidewalk on the Courthouse lawn in Greeneville, Tennessee just across from the statue of a Union soldier that is dedicated to the Union soldiers of Greene County during the Civil War.
GENERAL JOHN H. MORGAN
1825-1864
THE THUNDERBOLT OF THE CONFEDERACY
FIRST LIEUTENANT MARSHALL'S REGIMENT OF CAVALRY IN THE MEXICAN WAR CAPTAIN THE "LEXINGTON RIFLES" 1857
CAPTAIN COMPANY A OF THE KENTUCKY CAVALRY 1861
COLONEL 2ND KENTUCKY CAVALRY 1862.
BRIGADIER GENERAL APPOINTED FROM TENNESSEE DECEMBER 1861
HIS AND NEVER EXCEEDING 4O00 MEN WAS COMPOSED LARGELY OF KENTUCKIANS AND TENNESSEANS. IT WAS RENOWNED FOR BOLDNESS AND CELERITY ON RAID, CARRYING TERROR INTO THE REGION NORTH OF THE OHIO
THE "GREAT RAIDER" WAS SURPRISED AT NIGHT AND KILLED BY A DETACHMENT OF THE COMMAND OF GEN. A.C. GILLEM ON THE PREMISES OF THE WILLIAMS HOME NEAR THIS SPOT SEPTEMBER 4 1864
HIS HEROISM IS THE HERITAGE OF THE SOUTH
Website pertaining to the memorial: [Web Link]
List if there are any visiting hours:
Courthouse Lawn
Entrance fees (if it applies): N/A
Type of memorial: Monument
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