George Washington Morgan

Birth Date

1820

Death Date

1893

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Mount Vernon, Ohio, minister to Portugal and brigadier general. Pennsylvania native. Married to Sarah H. Morgan. Appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal by President James K. Polk from 1858 to 1861. Commissioned a Brigadier General on November 12, 1861. Commander of the Seventh Division of the Army of the Ohio, resigned on June 8, 1863.

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present "George Washington Morgan (1820-1893)" Index #M000950, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000950 (accessed September 24, 2018) Find A Grave, "George Washington Morgan (1820-1893)," Memorial #5893676, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5893676/george-washington-morgan(accessed September 24, 2018). Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen Generals and Soldiers, vol.1: The History of Ohio During the War and the Lives of her Generals, 1895 (Cincinnati, Ohio: The Robert Clarke Company, p. 923.

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