Morgan Is Coming!: Confederate Raiders in the Heartland of Kentucky - Hardcover

Betty J. Gorin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1564691349 ISBN 13: 9781564691347

Publisher: Harmony House Publishers (KY), 2006

Synopsis

John Hunt Morgan, and his dauntless cavalrymen, roamed the countryside of Taylor and surrounding counties in KY, burning Pleasant Hill Church, stockades and bridges, tearing up rail lines, and striking fear into the hearts of Kentuckians, with Union forces in hot pursuit. The "invincible" Morgan met his match in Michigan's Col. Orlando Moore at the decisive bloody battle of Tebbs Bend, July 4, 1863. Book includes: 15 maps, 42 illustrations, 233 photographs, and over 400 soldiers listed from area, Morgan's Cumberland river crossings, the battles of Columbia and Lebanon, and other Confederate raids are included.

About this title

About the Author

Betty J. Gorin, a native of Taylor County, KY, holds bachelor's and master's degress in history from the University of Kentucky and has done post graduate work at Western Kentucky University and the University of Virginia. Ms. Gorin taught history at the secondary and college levels for thirty-five years. She was a Fullbright scholar and recipient of the Ashland Oil Teacher Achievement Award. She led saving the 1823 Jacob Hiestand House, the Atkinson-Griffin Confederate Hospital, and developing the Tebbs Bend Battlefield Trail. She was a member of the KY Bicentennial Comm, boards of KY His Soc, Friends of KY Public Archives, & John Hunt Morgan Trail Commission.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harmony House Publishers (KY)
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1564691349
• ISBN 13: 9781564691347
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Gerald Myers
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 453
• Editor: Gordon E. Smith