1. Daniel Morgan became an officer of the Virginia militia and recruited a company of riflemen at the start of the Revolutionary War.
50 Facts About Daniel Morgan
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Early in the war, Daniel Morgan served in Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec and in the Saratoga campaign.
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Daniel Morgan served in the Philadelphia campaign before resigning from the army in 1779.
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Daniel Morgan returned to the army after the Battle of Camden, and led the Continental Army to victory in the Battle of Cowpens.
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Daniel Morgan was recalled to duty in 1794 to help suppress the Whiskey Rebellion, and commanded a portion of the army that remained in Western Pennsylvania after the rebellion.
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Daniel Morgan retired from Congress in 1799 and died in 1802.
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Daniel Morgan is believed to have been born in the community of New Hampton in Lebanon Township, New Jersey.
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Daniel Morgan's parents were born in Pennsylvania and then later moved to New Jersey together.
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Daniel Morgan was the fifth of seven children of James Daniel Morgan and Eleanor Lloyd.
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When Daniel Morgan was 17, he left home following a fight with his father.
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Daniel Morgan finally settled on the Virginia frontier, near what is Winchester, Virginia.
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Daniel Morgan worked clearing land, running a sawmill, and as a teamster.
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Daniel Morgan thus acquired a disdain for British authorities and their treatment of provincials.
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Daniel Morgan continued as a wagoner, which much of the profits initially being spent on alcohol, gambling, and female company, and resulted in several appearances before a Virginia magistrate, for charges from assault, through the burning down of a neighbours tobacco shed, to horse theft.
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Daniel Morgan would meet Abigail Curry, who would teach him to read and write, and by who he would have two daughters, Nancy and Betsy, and later marry.
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Daniel Morgan later served as a rifleman in the provincial forces assigned to protect the western settlements from French-backed Indian raids.
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Daniel Morgan led a force that relieved Fort Edwards during its siege and successfully directed the defence afterward.
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Daniel Morgan served in Dunmore's War, taking part in raids on Shawnee villages in the Ohio Country.
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Daniel Morgan was chosen by a unanimous vote by the Committee of Frederick County to form one of these companies and become its commander.
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When his men were done training Daniel Morgan used them as snipers, shooting mostly British officers who thought they were out of range; sometimes they killed 10 British in a day.
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Daniel Morgan took command of the force, and he successfully overcame the first rampart and entered the city.
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Daniel Morgan handed his sword to a French-Canadian priest, refusing to give it to Carleton in formal surrender.
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When he rejoined Washington early in 1777, Daniel Morgan was surprised to learn he had been promoted to colonel for his bravery at Quebec.
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Daniel Morgan was ordered to raise and command a new infantry regiment, the 11th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line.
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Daniel Morgan simultaneously led the 11th Virginia Regiment, his permanent unit, and this provisional unit.
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Daniel Morgan is prominently depicted in the painting of the Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga by John Trumbull.
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Daniel Morgan led his regiment, with the added support of Henry Dearborn's 300-man New Hampshire infantry, as the advance to the main forces.
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Daniel Morgan's men charged without orders, but the charge fell apart when they ran into the main column led by General Hamilton.
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Benedict Arnold arrived, and he and Daniel Morgan managed to reform the unit.
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Daniel Morgan was assigned command of the left flank of the American position.
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Daniel Morgan's sharpshooters were ordered to specifically shoot British officers and their Native American Guides.
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Daniel Morgan was one of those who then followed Arnold's lead to turn a counter-attack from the British middle.
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Daniel Morgan was not involved in the Battle of Monmouth but actively pursued the withdrawing British forces and captured many prisoners and supplies.
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Daniel Morgan had never been politically active or cultivated a relationship with the Congress.
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Gates was taking command in the Southern Department, and Daniel Morgan felt that being outranked by so many militia officers would limit his usefulness.
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Daniel Morgan gave Morgan's command of about 600 men the job of foraging and enemy harassment in the backcountry of South Carolina, while avoiding direct battle.
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Daniel Morgan chose to make his stand at Cowpens, South Carolina.
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Daniel Morgan had been joined by militia forces under Andrew Pickens and William Washington's dragoons.
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Daniel Morgan's plan took advantage of Tarleton's tendency for quick action and his disdain for the militia, as well as the longer range and accuracy of his Virginia riflemen.
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Daniel Morgan resigned his commission after serving six-and-a-half years, and at 46 returned home to Frederick County.
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Daniel Morgan was admitted as an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati in the state of Virginia.
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Daniel Morgan turned his attention to investing in land rather than clearing it, and eventually built an estate of more than 250,000 acres.
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Daniel Morgan named the home Saratoga after his victory in New York.
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Daniel Morgan ran for election to the US House of Representatives twice as a Federalist.
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Daniel Morgan died at his daughter's home in Winchester on July 6,1802.
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Daniel Morgan was buried in Old Stone Presbyterian Church graveyard.
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Confederate General John Hunt Daniel Morgan claimed to be one of his descendants.
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In 1881, a statue of Daniel Morgan was placed in the central town square of Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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Fort Daniel Morgan is a historic masonry pentagonal bastion fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama, United States.
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The Burwell-Daniel Morgan Mill is open as a museum and is one of the oldest, most original operational grist mills in the country.