4 September 1864 — Greeneville, Tennessee
Morgan, a revered Confederate cavalry leader, is probably best known for “Morgan’s Raid,” which took him and 1,800 men on a 1,000-mile raid through Kentucky starting in July 1862. In July 1863, Morgan took 2,400 men on a raid through Indiana and Ohio, but it ended with his capture. Morgan, however, escaped from Ohio State Penitentiary, where he was being held, and returned to duty. His death occurred on 4 September 1864, when he was shot and killed during a Union raid on his headquarters at Greeneville, Tennessee.