Morgan enlisted as a private in Co. C of the Lunenburg Artillery on October 1, 1862.He was promoted to sergeant major in October 1863 and was on detached service. He was wounded in the left wrist at the Battle of Sailor's Creek, VA on April 6, 1865 and captured. He was paroled on April 14, 1865 in Burkeville, VA.
Morgan lived in Petersburg, VA after the war, working as a bookkeeper in 1870 and as a merchant in 1880. By 1900 he had moved to Richmond, VA, where he was a manager for a chemical company. Morgan died December 24, 1934 and he is buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA.
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