biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1825–64)
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| biography:
| Confederate guerrilla leader, born in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. He joined the army in 1846 and saw action in the Mexican War. During the 1850s he ran a business, but enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861, attaining the rank of captain. He led the Morgan raiders in a series of raids on Union supply lines, and was promoted to colonel and then brigadier-general. He is remembered for his attacks in Indiana and Ohio (1863), the farthest N a Confederate force penetrated during the Civil War. He was killed in action. |
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