This beautiful CDV image is a chest-up view of Morgan in very good condition. There are no trims, clips, creases or tears. There is the most minor distress to a couple of corners. On a letter grade scale I would give this CDV a strong B or even a B+. There is no maker mark and the pencil ID, though not recent, is not period. This does not detract in the least. In fact, it could even be gently erased without the slightest bit of effect on the carte.

General John Hunt Morgan fought for the United States in the bloody battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican-American War. But he is best known for his courage and strategy leading Confederate cavalry during the War Between the States. Morgan participated in the battle of Shiloh as commander of the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (CSA). His performance at the little-known but vitally important battle of Hartsville, Tennessee won him the thanks of the Confederate Congress and the esteem of horse soldiers everywhere. He then took his regiment on a raid through Kentucky and eventually (and against orders) into Indiana and Ohio. Morgan's raid struck terror in the hearts of Unionists in the most southern regions of these states. His men took hundreds of prisoners and skirmished with state militia at a number of places. Most of his men were captured, and a few killed, at the small battle of Buffington Island, Ohio. Morgan and about 150 of his regiment escaped, only to be corralled at Salineville, Ohio a short time later. This was the farthest north any Confederate forces ever reached. (Excepting, of course, the bank robbery in Northern Vermont that was more a heist than military operation.)

But Morgan's story doesn't end as a POW in the Ohio Penitentiary. Toward the end of November of '63, he and several other Confederate officers tunneled out of their jail cells and escaped back into Kentucky. The general would lead several more raids through the Bluegrass state, but most were ineffective and amounted to little more than looting. The new troops under his command were not of the quality and military discipline displayed by his first regiment. During a raid on Greeneville, Tennessee in 1864, Morgan was shot and killed while in action against a much superior Union force.

John Hunt Morgan, the brother-in-law of Confederate General A.P. Hill, was laid to rest in Lexington, Kentucky.

This image, not nearly as expensive as full-standing or armed photo, would frame magnificently with a Morgan autograph, some Kentucky Civil War memorabilia or Confederate Cavalry buttons!

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