One of Morgan's men : memoirs of Lieutenant John M. Porter of the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry /
John Marion Porter (1839-1898) grew up working at his family's farm and dry goods store in Butler County, Kentucky. The oldest of Reverend Nathaniel Porter's nine children, he was studying to become a lawyer when the Civil War began. As the son of a family of slave owners, Porter identifie...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
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| Summary: | John Marion Porter (1839-1898) grew up working at his family's farm and dry goods store in Butler County, Kentucky. The oldest of Reverend Nathaniel Porter's nine children, he was studying to become a lawyer when the Civil War began. As the son of a family of slave owners, Porter identified with the Southern cause and wasted little time enlisting in the Confederate army. He and his lifelong friend Thomas Henry Hines served in the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry under John Hunt Morgan, the "Thunderbolt of the Confederacy." |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813129907 0813129907 9780813140186 0813140188 1283017857 9781283017855 9780813135700 0813135702 |