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Henry Lane Stone
A Civil War memoirist and Kentucky lawyer, he is best remembered for a vivid firsthand account of riding with Morgan’s Confederate cavalry. His writing carries the immediacy of lived experience while reflecting the long afterlife of the war in memory.
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"Morgan's Men," a Narrative of Personal Experiences
by Henry Lane Stone
About the author
Born in Bath County, Kentucky, in 1842, Henry Lane Stone grew up partly in Indiana and later built a career in law in Louisville. Historical and library records identify him as a Confederate veteran, a member of the Louisville bar, and the author of "Morgan’s Men," A Narrative of Personal Experiences, published in 1919.
That book is the reason readers still seek him out. Drawn from his own wartime experiences, it recounts his service with John Hunt Morgan’s cavalry during the American Civil War and stands as a personal narrative rather than a detached history. For audiobook listeners, Stone is most interesting as a witness: his work offers a direct, human view of conflict, memory, and survival.
Some biographical details about his wider life appear unevenly across sources, so the clearest confirmed picture is of a soldier-turned-lawyer who left behind a single notable memoir. He died in 1922.