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Home Town Quebec, Canada
Last Address Washington, D.C.
Date of Passing Feb 14, 1948
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Born in Canada in 1855, he earned the Medal of Honor while serving as Second Lieutenant, 3rd United States Cavalry, at Big Dry Fork, Arizona, on July 17, 1882 in hostile action against Indians.
He died on February 14, 1948 and was buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery.
George Horace Morgan of Canada Appointed from Minnesota, Cadet, United States Military Academy, June 1876 (32); First Lieutenant, 3rd U.S. Cavalry, 12 June 1880 First Lieutenant, 26 November 1884 Captain, 15March 1896 Major, 28th U.S. Volunteer Infantyr, July 1899 Honorably discharged from the Volunteer Service, 1 May 1900 Breveted First Lieutenant, 27 February 1890 for gallant service in action against Indians at Big Dry Wash, Arizona, 17 July 1882 where he was severely wounded.
Awarded the Medal of Honor, 15 July 1892 for distinguished conduct in action against hostile Apache lndians at Big Dry Wash, Arizona, 17 July 1882 by gallantly holding his ground at a critical moment, and firing upon the advancing enemy until himself disabled by a shot while serving as Second Lieutenant, 3rd U.S. Cavalry and serving as a volunteer with OLieutenant West's command of Indian Scouts and Troop I, 6th United States Cavalry.
From Spanish-American War Report:
Captain George H.Morgan ofthe Third Cavalry, who was wounded on Friday (battle of Santiago, Cuba) was born in Canada and was appointed to the Military Academy from Minnesota, June 14, 1876. He was graduated and promoted in the Army to Second Lieutenant of Cavalry on June 12, 1880, and attached to the Third Cavalry. His first service was on frontier duty at Fort Washakie, Wyoming, and, after scouting from October 1880 to May 1886, he was engaged againist the Ute Indians in the Spring of the latter year. He spent the Summer of that year in the field, and at Whipple Barracks, Arizona, being engaged with the Apaches on July 17. He was later charged with conducting recruits to Texas and en route to and at Fort Verde, Arizona. He was inspector of rifle practice of the Department of Arizona from March to September1884. After further frontierduty at Fort Verde, he was commissioned as First Lieutenant in the Third Cavalry November 26, 1884. His subsequent service was at various posts inTexas, Oklahoma and Arizona. His commission as Captain of Company H in the Third Cavalry dates from March 15, 1896.
Captain Morgan was distinguished as a rifle shot. He was brevetted First Lieutenant on February 27, 1890, for gallant services in action against Indians at Big Dry Wash, Arizona, July 17, 1882. Captain Morgan has also received a Medal of Honor for service in this action,when he gallantly held his ground at acritical moment and fired upon the advancing enemy until himself disabled by a shot. At this time he was with Lieutnant West's command of Indian scouts and Troop I, Sixth Cavalry.
Other Comments:
September 28, 2000: DONJA SLATINA, Bosnia and Herzegovina — Camp Morgan opened up Monday in Donja Slatina, near Samac in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Because soldiers from Camp McGovern had to cover three times as much ground last winter, Lt. Col. James B. Hickey commander of 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, decided that another base camp was needed.
"We observed last winter [that] it’s hard for soldiers operating in the western part of the area of responsibility," Hickey said.
The solution to the problem was Camp Morgan, which will help the incoming unit in patrolling the area of Samac, Gradacac, and Modrica municipalities. The camp is situated 90 minutes west of Camp McGovern.
Lt. Col. Steve Banach, who will take over Camp McGovern from Hickey on Monday, said "having this camp will help facilitating safety of soldiers, and reduce risk [while driving in bad weather and road conditions] to our soldiers, and will inherently enable us to provide a safe and secure environment in Bosnia and Herzegovina."
"With the winter season approaching and its impact on degrading roads and hampering driving conditions, the operations camp will save travel time from other base camps, ensuring safety for SFOR soldiers and local civilians," said Maj. Gen. Robert L. Halverson, commander of U.S. troops.
Camp Morgan was named for Colonel George Horace Morgan, who was awarded the Medal of Honor and two Silver Stars.
The camp will be a permanent U.S. facility and, for the next six months, home to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 217th Infantry Brigade, of the Oklahoma National Guard. Halverson said the number of SFOR troops in the country will not change.
World War I
From Month/Year
April / 1917
To Month/Year
November / 1918
Description The United States of America declared war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917. The U.S. was an independent power and did not officially join the Allies. It closely cooperated with them militarily but acted alone in diplomacy. The U.S. made its major contributions in terms of supplies, raw material and money, starting in 1917. American soldiers under General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), arrived in large numbers on the Western Front in the summer of 1918. They played a major role until victory was achieved on November 11, 1918. Before entering the war, the U.S had remained neutral, though it had been an important supplier to Great Britain and the other Allied powers. During the war, the U.S mobilized over 4 million military personnel and suffered 110,000 deaths, including 43,000 due to the influenza pandemic. The war saw a dramatic expansion of the United States government in an effort to harness the war effort and a significant increase in the size of the U.S. military. After a slow start in mobilising the economy and labour force, by spring 1918 the nation was poised to play a role in the conflict. Under the leadership of President Woodrow Wilson, the war represented the climax of the Progressive Era as it sought to bring reform and democracy to the world,[citation needed] although there was substantial public opposition to United States entry into the war.
Although the United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, it did not initially declare war on the other Central Powers, a state of affairs that Woodrow Wilson described as an "embarrassing obstacle" in his State of the Union speech.[26] Congress declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire on December 17, 1917, but never made declarations of war against the other Central Powers, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire or the various Co-belligerents allied with the central powers, thus the United States remained uninvolved in the military campaigns in central, eastern and southern Europe, the Middle East, the Caucasus, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
The United States as late as 1917 maintained only a small army, smaller than thirteen of the nations and empires already active in the war. After the passage of the Selective Service Act in 1917, it drafted 2.8 million men into military service. By the summer of 1918 about a million U.S. soldiers had arrived in France, about half of whom eventually saw front-line service; by the Armistice of November 11 approximately 10,000 fresh soldiers were arriving in France daily. In 1917 Congress gave U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans when they were drafted to participate in World War I, as part of the Jones Act. In the end Germany miscalculated the United States' influence on the outcome of the conflict, believing it would be many more months before U.S. troops would arrive and overestimating the effectiveness of U-boats in slowing the American buildup.
The United States Navy sent a battleship group to Scapa Flow to join with the British Grand Fleet, destroyers to Queenstown, Ireland and submarines to help guard convoys. Several regiments of Marines were also dispatched to France. The British and French wanted U.S. units used to reinforce their troops already on the battle lines and not to waste scarce shipping on bringing over supplies. The U.S. rejected the first proposition and accepted the second. General John J. Pershing, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) commander, refused to break up U.S. units to serve as mere reinforcements for British Empire and French units. As an exception, he did allow African-American combat regiments to fight in French divisions. The Harlem Hellfighters fought as part of the French 16th Division, earning a unit Croix de Guerre for their actions at Château-Thierry, Belleau Wood, and Séchault.
Impact of US forces on the war
On the battlefields of France in spring 1918, the war-weary Allied armies enthusiastically welcomed the fresh American troops. They arrived at the rate of 10,000 a day, at a time when the Germans were unable to replace their losses. After British Empire, French and Portuguese forces had defeated and turned back the powerful final German offensive (Spring Offensive of March to July, 1918), the Americans played a role in the Allied final offensive (Hundred Days Offensive of August to November). However, many American commanders used the same flawed tactics which the British, French, Germans and others had abandoned early in the war, and so many American offensives were not particularly effective. Pershing continued to commit troops to these full- frontal attacks, resulting in high casualties against experienced veteran German and Austrian-Hungarian units. Nevertheless, the infusion of new and fresh U.S. troops greatly strengthened the Allies' strategic position and boosted morale. The Allies achieved victory over Germany on November 11, 1918 after German morale had collapsed both at home and on the battlefield.