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Gen. John H. Morgan’s revenge…

July 9, 2011 by TimHughes 
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The following item from “The Crisis” newspaper from Columbus, Ohio, March 2, 1864, notes a curious revenge by General Morgan for having his whiskers shaved when in the Ohio penitentiary…

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