Daniel Morgan
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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
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Surrender of General Burgoyne Col. Morgan is shown in white, right of center
The Provisional Rifle Corps at Bemis Heights.
Portrait of Banastre Tarleton by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Whiskey Rebellion
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The Whiskey Rebellion was a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax impo
Daniel Morgan
…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. Born in New Jersey to James and Eleanor Morgan, a Welsh family, Morgan settled in Winchester, Virginia. He became an officer of the…
George Washington reviews the troops near Fort Cumberland, Maryland, before their march to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
Alexander Hamilton in a 1792 portrait by John Trumbull
Artist's conception of an American whiskey still in the 1790s, as illustrated in an 1887 history book (Scribner's Popular History of the United States).
Pittsburgh in 1790, engraving from a watercolor by Lewis Brantz (University of Pittsburgh Archives & Special Collections)