Civil War Union Army Officer. A great-grandson of Revolutionary War patriot and Declaration of Independence Signer Robert Morris, he was enrolled in the 6th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry (known as "Rush's Lancers" for it's first commander, Colonel Richard Henry Rush), and was commissioned Major on October 31, 1861. He served through the next two years of the war, and was in command of the regiment during the 1863 Chancellorsville Campaign, where it was part of Brigadier General John Buford's Reserve Cavalry Brigade. While leading the unit in the June 9, 1863 Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia, he was captured by Confederate forces when the horse he was riding threw him while attempting to leap a ditch. Imprisoned at the infamous Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, he died there on August 13, 1863. Originally interred in Richmond's Oakwood Cemetery, his remains were later removed to it's present location in St. James the Less Episcopal Churchyard.
Civil War Union Army Officer. A great-grandson of Revolutionary War patriot and Declaration of Independence Signer Robert Morris, he was enrolled in the 6th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry (known as "Rush's Lancers" for it's first commander, Colonel Richard Henry Rush), and was commissioned Major on October 31, 1861. He served through the next two years of the war, and was in command of the regiment during the 1863 Chancellorsville Campaign, where it was part of Brigadier General John Buford's Reserve Cavalry Brigade. While leading the unit in the June 9, 1863 Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia, he was captured by Confederate forces when the horse he was riding threw him while attempting to leap a ditch. Imprisoned at the infamous Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, he died there on August 13, 1863. Originally interred in Richmond's Oakwood Cemetery, his remains were later removed to it's present location in St. James the Less Episcopal Churchyard.
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