Editing Daniel Morgan (section)

{{Short description|American Revolutionary War soldier and politician (c. 1736–1802)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Daniel Morgan
| image name          = DanielMorgan.jpeg
| state               = [[Virginia]]
| district            = [[Virginia's 1st congressional district|1st]]
| party               = [[Federalist Party|Federalist]]
| term                = March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799
| preceded            = [[Robert Rutherford (congressman)|Robert Rutherford]]
| succeeded           = [[Robert Page (Virginia politician)|Robert Page]]
| birth_date          = 1736
| birth_place         = [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Hunterdon County]], [[Province of New Jersey]], [[British America]]
| death_date          = 6 July 1802
| death_place         = [[Winchester, Virginia|Winchester]], [[Virginia]], U.S.
| resting_place       = [[Mount Hebron Cemetery and Gatehouse|Mount Hebron Cemetery]], Winchester, Virginia, U.S.
| occupation          = Soldier
| spouse              = Abigail Curry<ref>{{Cite book | last = Higginbotham | first = Don | title = Daniel Morgan | publisher = UNC Press Books | year = 1979 | page = [https://archive.org/details/danielmorganrevo0000higg/page/11 11] | isbn = 978-0-8078-1386-7 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/danielmorganrevo0000higg/page/11 }}</ref>|
| allegiance          = {{flagu|United States|1795}}
| rank                = [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier general]]
| branch              = {{flagicon image|Gadsden flag.svg}} [[Continental Army]]<br>{{Dodseal|Board}} [[United States Army]]
| serviceyears        = 1775–1783; 1794
| battles             = {{tree list}}
*[[American Revolutionary War]]
**[[Invasion of Canada (1775)|Invasion of Canada]]
**[[Battle of Saratoga]]
**[[Battle of Freeman's Farm]]
**[[Battle of Bemis Heights]]
**[[Battle of Cowpens]]
*[[Whiskey Rebellion]]
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| footnotes           = 
}}

'''Daniel Morgan'''  (c. 1736 – July 6, 1802) 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.

Born in [[New Jersey]] to James and Eleanor Morgan, a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] family, Morgan settled in [[Winchester, Virginia]]. He became an officer of the Virginia militia and recruited a company of riflemen at the start of the Revolutionary War. Early in the war, Morgan served in [[Benedict Arnold]]'s [[Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec|expedition to Quebec]] and in the [[Saratoga campaign]]. He also served in the [[Philadelphia campaign]] before resigning from the army in 1779.

Morgan returned to the army after the [[Battle of Camden]], and led the [[Continental Army]] to victory in the [[Battle of Cowpens]]. After the war, Morgan retired from the army again and developed a large estate. He was recalled to duty in 1794 to help suppress the Whiskey Rebellion, and commanded a portion of the army that remained in [[Western Pennsylvania]] after the rebellion. A member of the [[Federalist Party]], Morgan twice ran for the [[United States House of Representatives]], winning election to the House in 1796. He retired from Congress in 1799 and died in 1802.