Company C ("Clifton Grays"),
11th Virginia Infantry Regiment,
Army of Northern Virginia, CSA
When the War between the States came on he entered the Confederate army and served as captain of Company C, 11th Virginia Infantry, Kemper's Brigade, Pickett's Division, A.N.V. He fought bravely until the last year of the war, when he was captured and held a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware and later was one of the six hundred officers taken to Morris Island and placed under fire of the Confederate guns. In his book, "Personal Recollection of the War," [sic!] he tells vividly the horrors endured there. For its accuracy this book is especially prized as a reference book by the U.D.C. and similar organizations.
To the last Captain Morgan was unreconstructed and still loved his old flag. On the last Flag Day his Confederate flag, six feet long, floated over his office. He was not narrow in his views and helped in every worthy cause, being especially prominent in the World War work, and he was awarded a bronze button for his legal services in the selective draft system.
Captain Morgan removed to Floyd soon after the War between the States and began the practice of law, in which he was still actively engaged at the time of his death. He was a leading member of the Methodist Church there, which he had served as steward, and he had been superintendent of the Sunday school for forty-five years, missing only the two Sundays preceding his death. He had been converted on his nineteenth birthday and died in the full triumph of faith, with his children and grandchildren about him. He was laid to rest beside his wife, who had preceded him thirty-five years.
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