General John Hunt Morgan

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Display Name: 
General John Hunt Morgan
Sort Name: 
Morgan, General John Hunt
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Dead
Occupation: 
Armed Forces
Specific Job: 
Confederate General
Date of Birth: 
Wednesday, June 1, 1825
Origin: 
Huntsville, Alabama
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Biography: 

Among "the names" that Bayard and Ringo hear John Sartoris mention as he talks about the War is "Morgan" (15) John Hunt Morgan was a Confederate Brigadier General who fought in Tennessee, not far from Yoknapatawpha. He was killed at Greeneville, Tennessee, in September, 1864. Morgan was the brother-in-law of Confederate general A.P. Hill.

Ontological Status: 
Historical/Real
Individual or Group: 
Individual
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