. THOMAS GIBBES MORGAN, JR., b. 21.March.1835, Baton Rouge, LA; d. Abt. 1863, Johnson's Island, SC; m.LYDIA CARTER; b. "Linwood", East Feliciana Ph., LA.Notes for THOMAS GIBBES MORGAN, JR.:EXCERPT from "A Confederate Girl's Diary" by Sarah Morgan Dawson:""...Thomas Gibbes Morgan, Jr., married to Lydia, daughter of General A. G. Carter and a cousin of Mrs.Jefferson Davis, was Captain in the Seventh Louisiana Regiment, serving under Stonewall Jackson..."--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Lieutenant in 7th LA Regiment during the Civil War who fought with "Stonewall" Jackson.Gibbes had been badly wounded at Antietam, and before his wound was well healed had rejoined hisregiment, with the survivors of which he had been captured at Kelly's Ford while covering the retreat ofGeneral Lee's army. He was taken to Johnson's Island, where he died a prisoner
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In Wiley Sword's 'Confederate Invincibility' he talks of Sarah Morgan learning of her brother's death at Johnson's Island:
'Yet her sorrow deepened when she learned how he had died. Sick in the hospital for more than a week with a severe headache and sore throat, Gibbes had just seen the doctor, and was talking pleasantly with his fellow patients. Then "he sat up to reach his cup of water on the table. As soon as he drank it he seemed to suffocate. After tossing his arms wildly in the air, and making several fearful efforts to breathe, he died." He had "fought with the bravest of the brave through more than thirty battles," noted Sarah, only "to die a prisoner in a strange land," and never again to see his wife.'
Contributor: Travis Holt (48272081) • [email protected]
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In Wiley Sword's 'Confederate Invincibility' he talks of Sarah Morgan learning of her brother's death at Johnson's Island:
'Yet her sorrow deepened when she learned how he had died. Sick in the hospital for more than a week with a severe headache and sore throat, Gibbes had just seen the doctor, and was talking pleasantly with his fellow patients. Then "he sat up to reach his cup of water on the table. As soon as he drank it he seemed to suffocate. After tossing his arms wildly in the air, and making several fearful efforts to breathe, he died." He had "fought with the bravest of the brave through more than thirty battles," noted Sarah, only "to die a prisoner in a strange land," and never again to see his wife.'
Contributor: Travis Holt (48272081) • [email protected]
. THOMAS GIBBES MORGAN, JR., b. 21.March.1835, Baton Rouge, LA; d. Abt. 1863, Johnson's Island, SC; m.LYDIA CARTER; b. "Linwood", East Feliciana Ph., LA.Notes for THOMAS GIBBES MORGAN, JR.:EXCERPT from "A Confederate Girl's Diary" by Sarah Morgan Dawson:""...Thomas Gibbes Morgan, Jr., married to Lydia, daughter of General A. G. Carter and a cousin of Mrs.Jefferson Davis, was Captain in the Seventh Louisiana Regiment, serving under Stonewall Jackson..."--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Lieutenant in 7th LA Regiment during the Civil War who fought with "Stonewall" Jackson.Gibbes had been badly wounded at Antietam, and before his wound was well healed had rejoined hisregiment, with the survivors of which he had been captured at Kelly's Ford while covering the retreat ofGeneral Lee's army. He was taken to Johnson's Island, where he died a prisoner
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In Wiley Sword's 'Confederate Invincibility' he talks of Sarah Morgan learning of her brother's death at Johnson's Island:
'Yet her sorrow deepened when she learned how he had died. Sick in the hospital for more than a week with a severe headache and sore throat, Gibbes had just seen the doctor, and was talking pleasantly with his fellow patients. Then "he sat up to reach his cup of water on the table. As soon as he drank it he seemed to suffocate. After tossing his arms wildly in the air, and making several fearful efforts to breathe, he died." He had "fought with the bravest of the brave through more than thirty battles," noted Sarah, only "to die a prisoner in a strange land," and never again to see his wife.'
Contributor: Travis Holt (48272081) • [email protected]
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In Wiley Sword's 'Confederate Invincibility' he talks of Sarah Morgan learning of her brother's death at Johnson's Island:
'Yet her sorrow deepened when she learned how he had died. Sick in the hospital for more than a week with a severe headache and sore throat, Gibbes had just seen the doctor, and was talking pleasantly with his fellow patients. Then "he sat up to reach his cup of water on the table. As soon as he drank it he seemed to suffocate. After tossing his arms wildly in the air, and making several fearful efforts to breathe, he died." He had "fought with the bravest of the brave through more than thirty battles," noted Sarah, only "to die a prisoner in a strange land," and never again to see his wife.'
Contributor: Travis Holt (48272081) • [email protected]
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