By ALEX HORTON | The Washington Post | Published: March 11, 2021 It was early September 1864 when Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan, with a reputation among Southerners as a swashbuckling gentleman, was surrounded by federal soldiers outside a Tennessee mansion. Morgan fled across the lawn. A Union bullet shredded the general s heart, a member of his staff wrote to Morgan s wife, ending his campaign of ambushing and capturing U.S. troops. Nearly 160 years later, Morgan s legacy lives within 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery Regiment of the Kentucky National Guard, which traces its lineage through a cavalry unit he commanded. Its members are officially nicknamed Morgan s Men. On the radio, the commander is known by the call sign Morgan 6.
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Anticipating demonstrations and disturbances, DC Guard deployment to continue through end of March January 26 Soldiers with the North Carolina National Guard ride a Metro train that will get them to the station they will guard for the 59th Presidential Inauguration in Washington on Jan. 20, 2021. (Sgt. Abraham Morlu/Army National Guard) The entire D.C. National Guard will remain activated through March 31 due to worries of renewed civil disturbances, and thousands more troops will remain on duty in the nation’s capital until at least mid-March, according to documents obtained by Military Times and statements from National Guard officials. Military Times obtained a Jan. 25 orders memorandum by Maj. Gen. William Walker, commander of the D.C. Guard, stating that the D.C. Guard’s troops will remain “encamped” through March 31 due to “anticipated First Amendment demonstrations and Civil Disturbance response in the District of Columbia.” Politico first obtained the me
Army Guardsman, first known service member, arrested after Capitol riot January 14 Army National Guardsman Jacob Fracker, left, and Thomas Robertson, an Army Reserve veteran, are photographed inside the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6. Both men, members of the Rocky Mount (Va.) Police Department, were arrested Wednesday in connection to the riot that took place as members of Congress tried to count Electoral College votes. (Court records/social media) Two off-duty Virginia police officers who’ve served in the Army including one who is still in the National Guard and a former active duty airman have been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.