. Young folk's history of the war for the union . eated him at Cynthiana, takingfrom him more than a thousand horses. Morgan retreatedwith the remains of his force into Eastern Tennessee. Earlyin September he was at Greenville, and had given orders tomove against a Union force under General Gillem, about six-teen miles away. On account of rain at midnight he counter-manded the order, and went to bed in the house of a , where he had made his headquarters. The Uniontroops, regardless of the storm, made an attack on his force,and surrounded the house about seven oclock the next morn-in
. Young folk's history of the war for the union . eated him at Cynthiana, takingfrom him more than a thousand horses. Morgan retreatedwith the remains of his force into Eastern Tennessee. Earlyin September he was at Greenville, and had given orders tomove against a Union force under General Gillem, about six-teen miles away. On account of rain at midnight he counter-manded the order, and went to bed in the house of a , where he had made his headquarters. The Uniontroops, regardless of the storm, made an attack on his force,and surrounded the house about seven oclock the next morn-ing (Sept. 4). Morgan, surprised, ran out of the house with- 1863.] DEATH OF MORGAN. 427 out his coat, and took refuge in a vineyard behind the soldier called to him to halt, when Morgan pointed his pis-tol at him, and the soldier shot him through the heart. Thisis the common account of Morgans death, but it is proper toadd that his friends say that he had surrendered and was actu-ally a prisoner when a Union cavalryman rode up and killed-. Signal Station. CHAPTER IN VIRGINIA. The Confederacy in 1863.—Poverty and Paper Money.—Christmas in Richmond.—Treat-ment OF Union Prisoners.—Exchanges.—Negro Soldiers.—Prison Camps.—LibbyPrison.—Belle Isle.—Efforts to Free Prisoners.—Ulric Dahlgren.—A Mine underLibby.—Grant made Lieutenant-General.—His Commission.—Grant with the Army ofthe Potomac—His Plan.—The Rapidan Crossed.—Battle of the Wilderness.—LeeIN Danger.—LONGSTREET Wounded.—Fire in the Woods.—The March to Spotsylva-nia.—Sharpshooters.—Death OF Sedgwick.—Battle of Spottsylvania.—I Propose toFight it Out on this Line.—Hancock and Stewart.—Danger op the ConfederateArmy.—Terrible Musketry Fire.—Grant again Marches Southward. WE left the Army of the Potomac, under General Meade,and the Army of Northern Virginia, under GeneralLee, in winter quarters on the Rapidan at the close of 1863, tlieformer on the norther
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