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La Salle County, Illinois, farmer and soldier. Native of Scotland. Married to Elizabeth Morrison. Father of Mary Morrison, George Morrison, Lyall Morrison, and Fox Morrison. Farmer in La Salle County, Illinois, in 1860. Served in Henshaw's Independent Battery Light Artillery (U.S.A.) as a sergeant and second lieutenant from September 9, 1862 to July 18, 1865. Resident of La Salle County in 1865.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, La Salle County, Bruce, p. 610.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, La Salle County, Ottawa, p. 584A.

Illinois State Census, (1865), Illinois, La Salle County, Ottawa, p. 231.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois, vol. 9, 1861-1866 (Springfield, IL: H. W. Rokker, 1886), 763.

Citation

Morrison, John L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209378 (November 12, 2026).

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William E. Hobson to John Boyle
1863-11-20

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