One of Morgan's men [electronic resource] : memoirs of Lieutenant John M. Porter of the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry / edited by Kent Masterson Brown.
2011
E547.M8 P67 2011eb
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One of Morgan's men [electronic resource] : memoirs of Lieutenant John M. Porter of the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry / edited by Kent Masterson Brown.
ISBN
9780813129907 (electronic bk.)
9780813129891
9780813129891
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Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2011.
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English
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1 online resource (xix, 300 p.) : ill., maps
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E547.M8 P67 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.7/82
Summary
John Marion Porter (1839-1898) grew up working at his family's farm and dry goods store in Butler County, Kentucky. The oldest of Reverend Nathaniel Porter's nine children, he was studying to become a lawyer when the Civil War began. As the son of a family of slave owners, Porter identified with the Southern cause and wasted little time enlisting in the Confederate army. He and his lifelong friend Thomas Henry Hines served in the Ninth Kentucky Calvary under John Hunt Morgan, the "Thunderbolt of the Confederacy." When the war ended, Porter and Hines opened a law practice together, but Porter was concerned that the story of his service during the Civil War and his family's history would be lost with the collapse of the Confederacy. In 1872, Porter began writing detailed memoirs of his experiences during the war years, including tales of scouting behind enemy lines, sabotaging a Union train, being captured and held as a prisoner of war, and searching for an army to join after his release. Editor Kent Masterson Brown spent several years preparing Porter's memoir for publication, clarifying details and adding annotations to provide historical context. One of Morgan's Men: Memoirs of Lieutenant John M. Porter of the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry is a fascinating firsthand account of the life of a remarkable Confederate soldier. In this unique volume, Porter's insights on Morgan and the Confederacy are available to readers for the first time.
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Brown, Kent Masterson, 1949-
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Table of Contents
To the military I submitted myself
You have crowned yourselves with glory
It was literally a leap in the dark
We struck out on our own responsibility
A perfect tornado of shots was fired at us
It was a grand and imposing ovation
The whiskey was still abundant
The fame and glory of Morgan's command
This was a hard-fought field
Our march was cautious
The scene was ludicrous and pitiful
I was captured for the last time
The days dragged slowly by
With three days' rations, we started home.
You have crowned yourselves with glory
It was literally a leap in the dark
We struck out on our own responsibility
A perfect tornado of shots was fired at us
It was a grand and imposing ovation
The whiskey was still abundant
The fame and glory of Morgan's command
This was a hard-fought field
Our march was cautious
The scene was ludicrous and pitiful
I was captured for the last time
The days dragged slowly by
With three days' rations, we started home.