Greensborough Patriot

November 13, 1862

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            GEN. JOHN H. MORGAN HANGS THE FEDERAL PROVOST MARSHALL OF LEXINGTON.  We have it upon what we deem very reliable authority, that after our army fell back from Perryville, General John H. Morgan dashed into Lexington and hung, in the street, the Provost Marshall of that city.  It seems that this dirty tool of Lincoln had notified the mother of General Morgan that she must leave Kentucky, and in the event of her failing to do so, would resort to measures to make her go.  Her noble son, learning this, resolved that he would take his life at all hazards.  This he did, as reported to us by truthful Kentucky gentlemen, in gallant style.

--Knoxville Register--

 

[Transcribed by Sharon Strout]