John M. Porter

One of Morgan's Men


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      ONE OF

       MORGAN'S MEN

       MEMOIRS OF LIEUTENANT JOHN M. PORTER OF THE NINTH KENTUCKY CAVALRY

      Edited by

      KENT MASTERSON BROWN

      THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY

      Copyright © 2011 by The University Press of Kentucky

      Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth,

      serving Bellarmine University, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, The Filson Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University.

      All rights reserved.

      Editorial and Sales Offices: The University Press of Kentucky 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508-4008 www.kentuckypress.com

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      Frontispiece: Lieutenant John Marion Porter, from an ambrotype probably taken while he was a prisoner of war. (Courtesy of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky.)

      All maps prepared by the editor.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Porter, John Marion, 1839-1884.

      One of Morgan's men : memoirs of Lieutenant John M. Porter of the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry / edited by Kent Masterson Brown.

      p. cm.

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN 978-0-8131-2989-1 (hardcover : alk. paper)

      ISBN 978-0-8131-2990-7 (ebook)

      1. Porter, John Marion, 1839-1884. 2. Confederate States of America. Army. Morgan's Cavalry Division. 3. Confederate States of America. Army. Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, 9th. 4. United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Personal narratives, Confederate. 5. Kentucky—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Personal narratives, Confederate. 6. Soldiers—Kentucky—Biography. I. Brown, Kent Masterson, 1949- II. Title.

      E547.M8P67 2011

      973.7'82—dc22

      This book is printed on acid-free recycled paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials.

      Manufactured in the United States of America.

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      American University Presses

      To all the wonderful and generous people

      who form the community known as

      Apostles Anglican Church, Lexington, Kentucky,

      I very proudly dedicate this book.

      K.M.B.

      CONTENTS

       List of Illustrations

       Acknowledgments

       Note on the Editorial Method

       Introduction

       Preface

       1. To the Military I Submitted Myself

       2. You Have Crowned Yourselves with Glory

       3. It Was Literally a Leap in the Dark

       4. We Struck Out on Our Own Responsibility

       5. A Perfect Tornado of Shots Was Fired at Us

       6. It Was a Grand and Imposing Ovation

       7. The Whiskey Was Still Abundant

       8. The Fame and Glory of Morgan's Command

       9. This Was a Hard-Fought Field

       10. Our March Was Cautious

       11. The Scene Was Ludicrous and Pitiful

       12. I Was Captured for the Last Time

       13. The Days Dragged Slowly By

       14. With Three Days' Rations, We Started Home

       Memorandum

       Notes

       Bibliography

       Index

      ILLUSTRATIONS

      FIGURES

       Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner

       Federal troops of the Army of the Ohio on the north bank of the Green River

       General Albert Sidney Johnston

       Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant

       Colonel Roger Weightman Hanson

       The surrender flag appears on the parapet of Fort Donelson

       Major General Don Carlos Buell

       Captain John Hunt Morgan

       The covered bridge over the Dix River