Jane Lewis: Morgan's Men's Reunions Photographic Collection, ca. 1911

pa56m7 Guide to the Jane Lewis: Morgan's Men's Reunions Photographic Collection, ca. 1911 Processed by: Staff, Christine Reiss Wysocki; machine-readable finding aid created by: Christian Trombetta Special Collections

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from typescript by rekeying. Date of source: 2003 Description is in English. Guide to the Jane Lewis: Morgan's Men's Reunions Photographic Collection, ca. 1911 Collection number: PA56M7 Contact Information Audio-Visual Archives Special Collections University of Kentucky Margaret I. King Library Lexington, KY 40506-0039 Phone: (859) 257-2654 Fax: (859) 257-6311 Email: sclref@lsv.uky.edu URL: http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/libpage.php?lweb_id=391&llib_id=13 Processed by: Staff, Christine Reiss Wysocki Date Completed: 2003 Encoded by: Christian Trombetta

Guide to the Jane Lewis: Morgan's Men's Reunions Photographic Collection, PA56M7 Lewis, Jane .25 cu. ft. (1 box): 5 items The materials are in English. University of Kentucky Special Collections

Lexington, Kentucky 40506

ca. 1911

Collection is open to researchers by appointment.

[Identification of item], Guide to the Jane Lewis: Morgan's Men's Reunions Photographic Collection, PA56M7, Special Collections, University of Kentucky.

Confederate States of America. Army. Morgan's Cavalry Division Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 Morgan's Mounted Volunteers

Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan served in the Confederate army alongside General Braxton Bragg. Having learned horsemanship as a child on a farm in Fayette County, Kentucky, Morgan was called "Thunderbolt of the Confederacy" by Southern sympathizers and "King of Horse Thieves" by Northern sympathizers. Morgan centered his raids in Kentucky, using unconventional military tactics like civilian assistance in his campaigns. Morgan died September 4, 1864.

When John Hunt Morgan was reinterred in Lexington, Kentucky, April 17, 1868, the surviving members of Morgan's command formed The Morgan's Men Association. Morgan's Men pledged lifelong fidelity to one another and committed themselves to the memory of their esteemed General. Some prominent members of The Morgan's Men Association include Kentucky Governor James McCreary, Lt. Governor James E. Cantrill, Dr. John A. Lewis, Col. D. Howard Smith, and Brigadier General Basil W. Duke.

The Jane Lewis: Morgan's Men's Reunions Photographic Collection, ca. 1911 consists of five photostat copies made in 1956 of images owned and retained by Jane Lewis. The images document reunions of Morgan's Men at Park Hill (near Carlisle, Kentucky), Washington, D.C., and Olympia Spring, Kentucky. The original photographic collection was not donated to the University of Kentucky, and Special Collections has no knowledge of the collection's current location.

Related Material

Butler, Lorine L. John Morgan and his men. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1960.

Holland, Cecil F. Morgan and his raiders: a biography of the Confederate General. New York: Macmillan Co., 1943.

Hunt-Morgan Deposit Photographic Collection, 1784-1949, PA96M3, Special Collections, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Hunt-Morgan Family Papers, 1854-1899, 1F56M-239 reel of microfilm, Special Collections, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Ramage, James A. Rebel Raider: The Life Of General John Hunt Morgan. Lexington, Ky: University Press of Kentucky, 1986.

Stone, Henry L. Morgan's Men: A Narrative of Personal Experience. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries. 25 Nov. 2003

Swiggett, Howard. The rebel raider; a life of John Hunt Morgan. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1934.

Horwitz, Lester V. "The Longest Raid of the Civil War." 25 November 2003.

Container List 1 1 "Parade Day of the unveiling of the monument to General John Hunt Morgen"; General Bennett H. Young and John D. Lewis are noted on the back as being the two men in front,

Photostat

1911 1 2 "Parade Day of the unveiling of the monument to General John Hunt Morgan"; noted on back,

Photostat

1911 1 3 "Morgan's Men at annual reunion at Olympia Springs, KY, sometime before 1917"; noted on back; collection contains both a positive and negative photostat,

Photostat

[n.d.] 1 4 "Morgan's Men on a sightseeing tour of Washington, DC"; noted on back; collection contains both a positive and negative photostat,

Photostat

[n.d.] 1 5 "Reunion of Morgan's Men at Park Hill, near Carlisle, KY"; noted on back; collection contains both a positive and negative photostat,

Photostat

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