NINTH-PLATE AMBROTYPE OF VERY YOUNG 2ND VIRGINIA CAVALRY COLOR-BEARER

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Item Code: 1138-1829

Image is of a very young John T. Morgan Jr. wearing a very light-colored shell jacket with high collar and no epaulettes on the shoulders. The two uppermost buttons on the shell jacket have been touched with gold gilt paint. He also wears matching trousers.

Contrast and clarity are good but there are scattered spots of oxidation on the emulsion.

Image comes with the usual decorative brass mat and stamped brass frame. All is housed in a Union case with raised scroll and floral designs. Case has one or two minor unobtrusive repairs.

An old piece of cardboard behind the image has written in ink, “John T. Morgan / April 12-1865 / Born Dec 4/1846”.

Image is from the collection of the late William A. Turner.

John Thomas Morgan Jr. was born December 4, 1846 in Bedford County, Virginia.

On September 18, 1861 he enlisted at Vienna, Virginia for one year as a private in the Bedford Southside Dragoons which became Company F, 2nd Virginia Cavalry.

During the winter of 1861 Morgan became ill and entered Moore Hospital at General Hospital No 1 in Danville, Virginia on Christmas Day and was shortly after sent home on furlough.

With the coming of spring, Morgan returned to his regiment. He reenlisted for two years on April 24, 1862.

As far as the records show, Morgan was present with his Company throughout his service except for a period from June 3 to the 21, 1863 when he returned to Bedford to secure a fresh horse.

Although the records at the National Archives do not reflect it, the History of the 2nd Virginia Cavalry by Robert J. Driver and H. E. Howard list Morgan as a color-bearer. Also, civilwardata.com shows him wounded to an undetermined degree on May 16, 1864. Morgan’s records end with the rolls of June 30, 1864 showing him present. Most likely he was present throughout the rest of the war. A notation in the roster found in the above-mentioned book says that Morgan was a “gallant lad full of dash.

John T. Morgan Jr. died in Bedford on May 31, 1918 and is buried in his family cemetery.

The 2nd Virginia Cavalry was organized on May 11, 1861. They served in both the Department and Army of Northern Virginia. Their list of battles and skirmishes is 488 entries long and includes all the big name battles such as 1st Manassas, service in the Shenandoah Valley, the Peninsula, 2nd Manassas, South Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Aldie, Gettysburg, Spotsylvania, Yellow Tavern, Hawes Shop, Trevillian Station, Fisher’s Hill, Tom’s Brook, Five Forks, High Bridge, Sailor’s Creek and Appomattox.

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