OF
CINCINNATI:
MIAMI PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY,
CORNER BEDINGER STREET AND MIAMI CANAL.
1867[Pg 2]
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six,
By MRS. HENRIETTA MORGAN,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Kentucky, at Covington.
The writer presents to the reading public the narrative of an arduousand adventurous military career, which, commencing at a period butlittle subsequent to the outbreak of the late civil war, continued throughthe four eventful years.
He has endeavored to make the work a correct and graphic representationof the kind of warfare of which Morgan was the author, and inwhich his men won so much celebrity. Strict accuracy has been attemptedin the description of the military operations of which the book is arecord, and it is hoped that the incidents related of personal daring andadventure will be read with some interest.
The author regrets that, for reasons easily understood, the book is farless complete than he desired to make it. The very activity of the serviceperformed by Morgan's Cavalry prevented the preservation of datawhich would be very valuable, and a full account of many importantoperations is therefore impossible. Limited space, also, forbids the mentionof many brave deeds. If many gallant and deserving men werenoticed as they deserve, the book could not be readily finished.
To the friends whose contributions assisted the work, the authorreturns his warmest thanks.
To Mr. Meade Woodson, to whom he is indebted for the maps which soperfectly illustrate his narrative, he is especially grateful.
He regrets, too, that many of his old comrades have altogether failedto render him aid, confidently expected, and which would have been very[Pg 6]valuable. B.W.D.
CHAPTER I
History of Morgan's Cavalry—Why written—First enlistments—Popularity of
Morgan—Misrepresentation of the press—New uses of cavalry.
CHAPTER II
Early life of General Morgan—His qualities as a commander—His personal
qualities.
CHAPTER III
Political condition of Kentucky in 1861—Bewilderment of the people—Camp Dick
Robinson—First entrance of Confederate troops.
CHAPTER IV
Military situation in the West—Advance to Bowlinggreen—Scarcity of arms—Organization
of the army—Want of discipline—Qualities which compensated
for