[ DANIEL MORGAN: REVOLUTIONARY RIFLEMAN (PUBLISHED FOR THE OMOHUNDRO INSTITUTE OF EARLY AMERICAN HIST) ] By Higginbotham, Don ( Author) 1961 [ Paperback ]

"An informative, and readable, life-and-times study of Daniel Morgan, frontier Indian fighter, Revolutionary War, general, gentleman farmer and United States congressman." - Richmond Times-Dispatch "Over the vast distances and rough terrain of the Revolutionary contest, the tactics Daniel Morgan had learned in Indian fighting - the thin skirmish line, the stress upon individual marksmanship, the hit-and-run mobility - were an important element of his success as a commander. Morgan combined this success on the battlefield with a vast devotion to the common soldiers serving under him. In a conflict that abounded in vital personalities, Morgan's was one of the most colorful. He clowned, loved rum and cards, and took a common-law wife. His friends were "dear boys"; his enemies, "raskels." Illiterate, uncultivated, and contentious, he nevertheless combined the resourcefulness of the frontier with a native gift as a tactician and leader of men. His rise from humble origins gives forceful testimony to the democratic spirit of the new America."