Administered by Greene County Greene County Commission Greene County Courthouse Greeneville Tennessee 37743
Located Greene County Courthouse Lawn Greeneville Tennessee 37743
Date:
Late 1920s. Dedicated May 10, 1931
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
Inventory Staff, 2011.
Image on file.
(On front of monument:) GENERAL/JOHN H. MORGAN/1825-1864/THE THUNDERBOLT OF THE/CONFEDERACY/FIRST LIEUTENANT, MARSHAL'S REGIMENT/OF CAVALRY IN THE MEXICAN WAR/CAPTAIN THE "LEXINGTON RIFLES" 1857/CAPTAIN COMPANY A OF THE KENTUCKY/CAVALRY 1861/COLONELL 2ND KENTUCKY CAVALRY 1862 BRIGADIER GENERAL APPOINTED FROM/TENNESSEE DECEMBER 11 1862./HIS COMMAND, NEVER EXCEEDING 4000/MEN, WAS COMPOSED LARGELY OF KEN/TUCKIANS AND TENNESSEANS. IT WAS/RENOWNED FOR BOLDNESS AND CELERITY/ON RAID CARRYING TERROR INTO THE RE/GION NORTH OF THE OHIO./THE "GREAT RAIDER" WAS SURPRISED AT/NIGHT AND KILLED BY A DETACHMENT OF/THE COMMAND OF GEN. A. C. GILLEM ON/THE PREMISES OF THE WILLIAMS HOME/NEAR THIS SPOT SEPTEMBER 4 1864/HIS HEROISM IS THE HERITAGE OF/THE SOUTH unsigned
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Summary:
A monument made from Tennessee marble, rose speckled in color. The monument is rectangular with an irregular edge at the top which comes to a point. The monument is an homage to General John Hunt Morgan, nicknamed "The Thunderbolt of the Confederacy."
