Daniel Morgan

Over the vast distances and rough terrain of the Revolutionary War the tactics that 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. He combined this success on the battlefield with a deep devotion to the soldiers serving under him. In a conflict that abounded in vital personalities Morgan’s was one of the most colorful. Illiterate uncultivated and contentious he nevertheless combined the resourcefulness of a frontiersman with a native gift as a tactician and leader. His rise from humble origins gives forceful testimony to the democratic spirit of the new America.