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A Proclamation by John Hunt Morgan...
A Proclamation by John Hunt Morgan...
Item # 705688
August 01, 1862
DAILY DISPATCH, Richmond, Virginia, Aug. 1, 1862
* From the capital of the Confederacy
* John Hunt Morgan proclamation
Among the front page reports on the Civil War are: "Affairs on the Rappahannock--Depredations of the Enemy--The Approaching Conflict" "Affairs in North Carolina" "Vandalism in Memphis" "Dashing Cavalry Exploit in Mississippi--A Fighting Parson" "A Picture of New England Society Which is Not At All Flattering" "Affairs at Vicksburg--Address of General Van Dorn" "Morgan's Proclamation at Lebanon" is signed in type: J. H. Morgan, and even more.
Complete as a single sheet, barely close-trimmed at the upper left, good condition.
AI notes: John Hunt Morgan’s proclamation at Lebanon, Kentucky, in July 1862 was issued during his first major Confederate cavalry raid into the state and was designed to frame his incursion as a political and protective mission rather than an invasion. After capturing Lebanon on July 5, 1862, Morgan released a proclamation to the citizens of Kentucky asserting that his forces came not as plunderers but as “friends,” claiming to respect private property, churches, and schools while promising discipline among his men. He appealed to Kentucky’s divided loyalties by portraying the Confederacy as the true defender of constitutional rights and states’ sovereignty, while accusing the Union government of tyranny, military occupation, and violations of civil liberties. Morgan also sought to encourage Kentuckians sympathetic to the South to aid his command or join the Confederate cause, while warning Union supporters that resistance would bring consequences. The proclamation fit Morgan’s broader strategy of psychological warfare—using rhetoric to undermine Union authority, rally Southern sympathizers, and legitimize Confederate operations in a border state whose allegiance remained contested throughout the Civil War.
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