Captain Calvin Cally Cogswell Morgan Jr. One of John Hunt Morgans 6 brothers to serve for the state of Kentucky. He served as both a Capt. and an aide-de-camp on the staff of brother-in-law General Basil W. Duke. He was one of the many men captured during Morgan's Great Raid into Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky in early July of 1863. Sent to Fort Delaware for his imprisonment he sat for this photograph while in captivity there. Later released he was among the group of Kentucky loyalists that volunteered to serve as one of Jefferson Davis' escorts during his flight from capture after the collapse of the Confederate government. After the war he became prominent businessman and local politician. He would eventually succumb to heart failure in July of 1882.
Captain Calvin Cally Cogswell Morgan Jr. One of John Hunt Morgans 6 brothers to serve for the state of Kentucky. He served as both a Capt. and an aide-de-camp on the staff of brother-in-law General Basil W. Duke. He was one of the many men captured during Morgan's Great Raid into Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky in early July of 1863. Sent to Fort Delaware for his imprisonment he sat for this photograph while in captivity there. Later released he was among the group of Kentucky loyalists that volunteered to serve as one of Jefferson Davis' escorts during his flight from capture after the collapse of the Confederate government. After the war he became prominent businessman and local politician. He would eventually succumb to heart failure in July of 1882.
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