. Proceedings at the unveiling of the battle monument in Spartanburg, S. C., in commemoration of the centennial of the battle of Cowpens . s inbehalf of American History, and would preserve his mem-ory in these centennial proceedings. The following biographical sketches will, the Committeehope, prove interesting in this centennial record: General Daniel Morgan, one of the most remarkable soldiers evolved by the eventsof the times previous to and during the War for AmericanIndependence, was the subject of this brief memoir : thoughauthorities differ as to his birth-place, General Hamptonfixes i
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. Proceedings at the unveiling of the battle monument in Spartanburg, S. C., in commemoration of the centennial of the battle of Cowpens . s inbehalf of American History, and would preserve his mem-ory in these centennial proceedings. The following biographical sketches will, the Committeehope, prove interesting in this centennial record: General Daniel Morgan, one of the most remarkable soldiers evolved by the eventsof the times previous to and during the War for AmericanIndependence, was the subject of this brief memoir : thoughauthorities differ as to his birth-place, General Hamptonfixes it in Huntington County, New Jersey, in 1735. At the age of seventeenhe settled in the, then, wilds of the Valley ofVirginia, and laboredon a farm. We nextfind him the owner of awagon and team. Fur-ther on he was withBraddocks Army as ateamster. When thenews of Lexingtonreached Virginia, in1775, he had so far ad-vanced his personal po-sition in the communi-ty in which he lived, that he enlisted withalacrity a full companyof ninety-six riflemen, and marched at their head to Cam-bridge, Mass., and reported for duty to General Washington.. 105 His command was assigned to Arnolds column, which un-dertook the capture of Quebec, and ended in disaster. Wenext hear of Captain Morgan, a paroled prisoner fromCanada, landing in New York, and casting himself on hisnative soil, as if to embrace it, cried aloud : O, my coun-try ! Reporting at once to General Washington, theCommander-in-Chief transmitted to Congress his views ofthe patriot soldier in the following early letter : Harlem Heights, September 20, 1776.To tJic President of Congress : Sir—I would beg leave to recommend to the particularnotice of Congress Captain Daniel Morgan, just returnedamong the prisoners from Canada. His conduct as an offi-cer, on the expedition with General Arnold last fall, hisintrepid behaviour in the assault upon Quebec, when thebrave Montgomery fell, the inflexible attachment he pro-fessed to our cause duri