Residence Princeton IN;
Enlisted on 8/17/1862 as a 2nd Lieutenant.
On 9/3/1862 he was commissioned into "E" Co. IN 80th Infantry
He Resigned on 8/26/1864
(Resigned for the good of the service)
Born February 22, 1837 at Valparasio, Porter County, Indiana. He died June 27, 1915 at Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo County, California.
James Shelby Morgan was 24 years old, a resident of Princeton in Gibson County, Indiana, and had just earned a Bachelor of law degree from Indiana University when he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant by Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton on August 17, 1862.
James enlisted 2 days later in what became Company E of the 80th Indiana and was mustered into the Union Army at the rank of 2nd Lieut. for a 3 year term of service on September 3, 1862 at Camp Gibson near Princeton, Indiana.
Father was Isaac Morgan (1801-1855)
Mother was Sarah Blachley (1805-1875)
His wife was Martha Bell Depp (1846-1923)
They married September 24, 1863 at Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky.
Residence Princeton IN;
Enlisted on 8/17/1862 as a 2nd Lieutenant.
On 9/3/1862 he was commissioned into "E" Co. IN 80th Infantry
He Resigned on 8/26/1864
(Resigned for the good of the service)
Born February 22, 1837 at Valparasio, Porter County, Indiana. He died June 27, 1915 at Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo County, California.
James Shelby Morgan was 24 years old, a resident of Princeton in Gibson County, Indiana, and had just earned a Bachelor of law degree from Indiana University when he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant by Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton on August 17, 1862.
James enlisted 2 days later in what became Company E of the 80th Indiana and was mustered into the Union Army at the rank of 2nd Lieut. for a 3 year term of service on September 3, 1862 at Camp Gibson near Princeton, Indiana.
Father was Isaac Morgan (1801-1855)
Mother was Sarah Blachley (1805-1875)
His wife was Martha Bell Depp (1846-1923)
They married September 24, 1863 at Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky.
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