Biography

Daniel Morgan was a big brawler of a man, affectionately known as “Old Wagoner” by his troops because of an early job driving supplies across the mountains. He served with the British in the French & Indian War, but got in trouble for sassing an officer and received 500 lashes. This normally killed the victim, but he survived. In fact, he later claimed they had only given him 499 and owed him one! Morgan was also shot in combat, the musket ball passing from his neck for