Midshipman James Morris Morgan, Confederate States Navy, C.S.S. Georgia. Entered U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 1860, resigned and enlisted as Midshipman, Confederate States Navy, July 8, 1861. Aide to Commodore George N. Hollins, Mississippi Flotilla. After New Orleans fell to Union Forces, "Little Morgan" was assigned to the Naval Batteries at Drewry's Bluff, VA. Later served as aide to Commodore Matthew F. Maury. Served on C.S.S. Patrick Henry, C.S.S. McCrae, and C.S.S. Georgia.
Wrote "Recollections of a Rebel Reefer," (1917). After War, served in Egyptian Army as a Lt. Colonel. Appointed by Charles P. Stone, chief engineer for the Statue of Liberty project (Morgan served under General Stone in Egypt), as an engineer working on the construction of the statue's pedastal. Appointed U.S. Consul General for Australasia (1885-1888)by President Grover Cleveland.
Wrote "Recollections of a Rebel Reefer," (1917). After War, served in Egyptian Army as a Lt. Colonel. Appointed by Charles P. Stone, chief engineer for the Statue of Liberty project (Morgan served under General Stone in Egypt), as an engineer working on the construction of the statue's pedastal. Appointed U.S. Consul General for Australasia (1885-1888)by President Grover Cleveland.
Midshipman James Morris Morgan, Confederate States Navy, C.S.S. Georgia. Entered U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 1860, resigned and enlisted as Midshipman, Confederate States Navy, July 8, 1861. Aide to Commodore George N. Hollins, Mississippi Flotilla. After New Orleans fell to Union Forces, "Little Morgan" was assigned to the Naval Batteries at Drewry's Bluff, VA. Later served as aide to Commodore Matthew F. Maury. Served on C.S.S. Patrick Henry, C.S.S. McCrae, and C.S.S. Georgia.
Wrote "Recollections of a Rebel Reefer," (1917). After War, served in Egyptian Army as a Lt. Colonel. Appointed by Charles P. Stone, chief engineer for the Statue of Liberty project (Morgan served under General Stone in Egypt), as an engineer working on the construction of the statue's pedastal. Appointed U.S. Consul General for Australasia (1885-1888)by President Grover Cleveland.
Wrote "Recollections of a Rebel Reefer," (1917). After War, served in Egyptian Army as a Lt. Colonel. Appointed by Charles P. Stone, chief engineer for the Statue of Liberty project (Morgan served under General Stone in Egypt), as an engineer working on the construction of the statue's pedastal. Appointed U.S. Consul General for Australasia (1885-1888)by President Grover Cleveland.
