Product Description

John Hunt Morgan, and his dauntless cavalrymen, roamed the countryside of Taylor and surrounding counties in KY, burning Pleasant Hill Church, stockades and bridges, tearing up rail lines, and striking fear into the hearts of Kentuckians, with Union forces in hot pursuit. The "invincible" Morgan met his match in Michigan's Col. Orlando Moore at the decisive bloody battle of Tebbs Bend, July 4, 1863. Book includes: 15 maps, 42 illustrations, 233 photographs, and over 400 soldiers listed from area, Morgan's Cumberland river crossings, the battles of Columbia and Lebanon, and other Confederate raids are included.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #886257 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-15
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 453 pages

Review
Gorin has unearthed a valuable trove of information related to the Civil War in south central Kentucky. Her work will stand as a solid source for those interested in the commonwealth's Civil War heritage. --Stuart W. Sanders, Civil War Specialist, KY Historical Society

Gorin's valuable, exhaustively researched book provides new perspective on the Civil War in south central Kentucky. She asks the right questions and includes new and valuable maps and related Civil war evetns to identifiable locations today. Gorin provides the first detailed account of the life of Union Col. Orlando H. Moore and the first in-depth description of his outstanding victory over Morgan at Tebbs Bend early in the Great Raid. No stone is left unturned, and readers will enjoy this book. --Dr. James A. Ramage, John Hunt Morgan's biographer, Regents Prof of Hist, Northern KY Univ

One of the most thoroughly researched pieces of work that I have even encountered. Betty J. Gorin has explored every possible lead that would help tell the story of Morgan's repulse at Tebbs Bend that, I believe, was the real turning point in Morgan's career. --Dr. Lowell H. Harrison, Author, Civil War in Kentucky, Prof Emeritus, WKYUniv

About the Author
Betty J. Gorin, a native of Taylor County, KY, holds bachelor's and master's degress in history from the University of Kentucky and has done post graduate work at Western Kentucky University and the University of Virginia. Ms. Gorin taught history at the secondary and college levels for thirty-five years. She was a Fullbright scholar and recipient of the Ashland Oil Teacher Achievement Award. She led saving the 1823 Jacob Hiestand House, the Atkinson-Griffin Confederate Hospital, and developing the Tebbs Bend Battlefield Trail. She was a member of the KY Bicentennial Comm, boards of KY His Soc, Friends of KY Public Archives, & John Hunt Morgan Trail Commission.

Customer Reviews

Morgan is Coming - Has Finally Arrived!
A wonderfully detailed book about John Hunt Morgan and his Civil War expoits in central Kentucky. Please note that this work is not another romanticized biography of this famous Civil War guerilla fighter, but a thoroughly researched work on Morgan's guerilla activity in this geographic region of central Kentucky. Mrs. Gorin is a highly respected historian and genealogist, which allows her to utilize her minute attention to detail of local history that she has gleaned through her many years of research in central Kentucky. The book is profusely illustrated with photos of local and miliary individuals of the time, houses, military items and uniforms, as well as maps. It is rare to see this much attention to detail in a work of this type. Mrs. Gorin even goes into detail of the merchants and local businessmen of the area, even discussing the politics of the time, noting that in the election of 1860 only one individual voted for Abraham Lincoln in Taylor County.
It is also the first fully detailed treatise on the Battle of Tebbs Bend in 1863, in which five Union companies from Michigan, commanded by Michigan Col. Orlando H. Moore, were surrounded by Morgan's men who outnumbered them 4 to 1. Morgan requested their surrnder, but being July 4th Moore's response was: "Present my compliments to General Morgan and say, this being the 4th of July, I cannot entertain the proposition to surrender."
Mrs. Gorin is probably the foremost authority on this battle and gives the reader a front row seat in the battle. She also details one of John Hunt Morgan's most famous military maneuvers that he used in this battle in order to confuse the enemy in thinking he had more men than he actually did have.
If you love history, and if you have ancestors that came from Central Kentucky during this time, you will not be disappionted by this book. Thanks to Betty J. Gorin, Morgan is Coming, has finally arrived!