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Henry Lane Stone

A Civil War memoirist with a firsthand, deeply personal view of John Hunt Morgan’s Confederate cavalry, he wrote with the detail of someone who had truly lived the story. His work remains valuable for readers interested in memory, war, and the divided loyalties of border-state America.

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"Morgan's Men," a Narrative of Personal Experiences

"Morgan's Men," a Narrative of Personal Experiences

by Henry Lane Stone

About the author

Born in Bath County, Kentucky, in 1842, he spent part of his youth in Indiana but chose to fight for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. That choice set him apart from some of his relatives, including his uncle Henry Smith Lane, a prominent Unionist politician in Indiana.

He is best known for Morgan's Men: A Narrative of Personal Experiences, a memoir published late in his life that draws on his service with John Hunt Morgan's cavalry. The book is remembered for its direct, eyewitness quality and for the way it captures both the hardship and the personal drama of wartime experience.

After the war, he worked as a lawyer in Kentucky. Reliable sources found for this overview confirm his authorship, his birth in 1842, his Civil War service, and the publication of Morgan's Men, but I did not find a clearly verified portrait image suitable for use here.