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Marion Morrison
b. 1821
A 19th-century Presbyterian minister, teacher, and Civil War chaplain, he is remembered today for writing a firsthand regimental history of the Ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. His life also crossed into college history, with early ties to Monmouth College and its founding years.
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A History of the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry
by Marion Morrison
About the author
Born in Adams County, Ohio, in 1821, Marion Morrison was educated at Miami University and went on to become a Presbyterian minister and teacher. Accounts from Monmouth College describe him as the school's first professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, placing him close to the college's beginnings.
During the Civil War, he served as chaplain of the Ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. In 1864 he published A History of the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, a valuable contemporary account of the regiment and the war as he witnessed it.
Later references to his life note that he died in 1900. Although not a widely known literary figure, his writing remains important to readers interested in Civil War history, religious life, and the educational world of the American Midwest.