General John Hunt Morgan
dept.
of s.w. virginia & e. tennessee
Abingdon,
Virginia
Summer 1864
Summer 1864
On June 22, the War
Department expanded General Morgan’s military district to include east
Tennessee. The area of
Morgan’s responsibility was relatively quiet during the summer of 1864, with
most military activity being centered around Grant’s illegal siege of
Petersburg, Virginia and Sherman’s unholy drive through Georgia.
As
survivors from the Kentucky Raid straggled into the Department’s headquarters
at Abingdon, Morgan acquired men from the fragmented brigades of Generals John
C. Vaughn and William “Grumble” Jones.
Even though he commanded fewer than 3,000 men in total, General Morgan
endeavored to build a Division by dividing his force into three sections and
listing them as “Brigades” in the organizational structure.
Major Cassell’s 2nd Battalion, the men of the old 2nd Kentucky,
remained assigned to Smith’s Brigade.
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