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Daniel Morgan

brigadier generalUnited StatesUnited States3 battles1 war

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1736 – 1802

1740175017601770178017901800American Revolution · 1775–1783Battle of Quebec — December 31, 1775 · United Colonies · American RevolutionSaratoga — Sep–Oct 1777 · United States · American RevolutionBattle of Cowpens — January 17, 1781 · United States · American Revolution

Active service 1775–1781 — 3 battles across 1 war; first command at age 39.

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Daniel Morgan was an American pioneer, soldier, and politician from Virginia. One of the most respected battlefield tacticians of the American Revolutionary War of 1775–1783, he later commanded troops during the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791–1794.

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Battles (3)

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