George W. Morgan
George Washington Morgan was an American soldier, lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He fought in the Texas Revolution and the MexicanAmerican War, and was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Morgan later served as a threeterm postbellum United States Congressman from Ohio.
Morgan was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, to a prominent family. His grandfather, Col. George Morgan, was the first to give President Thomas Jefferson the information regarding Aaron Burrs conspiracy. G. W. Morgan was educated in local schools, and then in 1836, he withdrew from Washington College at the age ofand enlisted in a military company that was commanded by his older brother, Thomas Jefferson Morgan. They traveled south to Mexican Texas to fight in the struggle for independence from Mexico. Morgan received a commission in the regular Texas Army under Sam Houston as a lieutenant, and rose to captain commanding the post at Galveston. He served with Captain Robertsons rangers and Company B of the First Regiment of Texas Rangers. He resigned in 1839 to return to Pennsylvania.
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