Morgan, George Washington (1820-1893) to Andrew Johnson
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05045.01 Author/Creator: Morgan, George Washington (1820-1893) Place Written: Cumberland Gap, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 August 1862 Pagination: 2 p. ; 21.4 x 25.5 cm. Order a Copy
Discusses Union victory by De Courcy's brigade on 6 August 1862. "It is rumored that Kentucky is to be invaded." Written to Johnson as Military Governor of Tennessee.
George Morgan was a Union general. Later served as Ohio Congressman.
John De Courcy was an Irish nobleman, the thirty-first Baron Kingsale, who served as a colonel in the Union army.
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