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Daniel Morgan
American pioneer, soldier, and politician (1736-1802)
Daniel Morgan was an American pioneer, soldier, and politician from Virginia. One of the most respected battlefield tacticians of the American Revolutionary War of 1775-1783, he later commanded troops during the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791-1794.
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Daniel Morgan was an American pioneer, soldier, and politician from Virginia. One of the most respected battlefield tacticians of the American Revolutionary War of 1775-1783, he later commanded troops during the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791-1794.
Born in New Jersey to James and Eleanor Morgan, a Welsh family, Morgan settled in Winchester, Virginia. He became an officer of the Virginia militia and recruited a company of riflemen at the start of the Revolutionary War. Early in the war, Morgan served in Benedict Arnold’s expedition to Quebec and in the Saratoga campaign. He also served in the Philadelphia campaign before resigning from the army in 1779.
Morgan returned to the army after the Battle of Camden, and led the Continental Army to victory in the Battle of Cowpens. After the war, Morgan retired from the army again and developed a large estate. He was recalled to duty in 1794 to help suppress the Whiskey Rebellion, and commanded a portion of the army that remained in Western Pennsylvania after the rebellion. A member of the Federalist Party, Morgan twice ran for the United States House of Representatives, winning election to the House in 1796. He retired from Congress in 1799 and died in 1802.
7 Quotes by Daniel Morgan
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An offensive war, I believe to be wrong and would therefore have nothing to do with it, having no right to meddle with another man’s property, his ox or his ass, his man servant or his maid servant or anything this is his.
Daniel MorganAmerican pioneer, soldier, and politician (1736-1802)
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For too long people have backed companies on hope value rather than solid products coming out. Now we are coming out the other side.
Daniel MorganAmerican pioneer, soldier, and politician (1736-1802)
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I further believe that all must be saved through the merits of Christ.
Daniel MorganAmerican pioneer, soldier, and politician (1736-1802)
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I believe in one God, the first and great cause of goodness. I also believe in Jesus Christ, the rebirth of the world. I also believe in the Holy Ghost, the comforter.
Daniel MorganAmerican pioneer, soldier, and politician (1736-1802)
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As to war, I am and always was a great enemy, at the same time a warrior the greater part of my life and were I young again, should still be a warrior while ever this country should be invaded and I lived.
Daniel MorganAmerican pioneer, soldier, and politician (1736-1802)
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Where you have no religion, you are sure to have no government, for as religion disappears, anarchy takes place and fixes a compleat Hell on earth till religion returns.
Daniel MorganAmerican pioneer, soldier, and politician (1736-1802)
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I haven’t heard anything or seen anything out there that would lead me to believe that all of a sudden there’s an unexpected drop in PCs.
Daniel MorganAmerican pioneer, soldier, and politician (1736-1802)