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Andrew Johnson to Abraham Lincoln and Edwin M. Stanton, Tuesday, September 06, 1864 (Telegram reporting death of John Hunt Morgan)

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Title	Andrew Johnson to Abraham Lincoln and Edwin M. Stanton, Tuesday, September 06, 1864 (Telegram reporting death of John Hunt Morgan)
Alternate Title	Morgan, John Hunt, death of
Date	1864-09-06
Genre	Correspondence
Material/Technique	teletype on paper
Description	This telegram was sent by Andrew Johnson, Military Governor of Tennessee, to President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, to report the death of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan at Greeneville, Tennessee on 4 September 1864.
Historical note	General John Hunt Morgan was surprised by federal troops under the command of General Alvin Gillem in an early morning raid on the Dickson-Williams mansion in Greeneville, Tennessee. He was shot by a Union soldier after being cornered in a vineyard at the edge of the home's formal gardens. The news of the death of Morgan, who had inspired many loyal followers with raids on Union troops in Tennessee and Kentucky, was important enough to merit sending by telegraph--the fastest means of communication during the Civil War.
Subject	Johnson, Andrew, -- 1808-1875 -- Correspondence; Morgan, John Hunt; United States--History--Civil War--1861-1865
Theme	Holding Fast to Beauty
Story	Lucy Virginia Smith French
Geographic Location	United States--Tennessee--Nashville
Time period	1860-1869
Language	eng
Rights	Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. For research inquiries about specific objects or requests for high resolution images, contact the Library of Congress.
Type	Still image
Format	tif/jp2
Contributing Institution	Library of Congress
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University

Title	Page1
Archival file	shades12/loc0024a_Page1.jpg

Andrew Johnson to Abraham Lincoln and Edwin M. Stanton, Tuesday, September 06, 1864 (Telegram reporting death of John Hunt Morgan)

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