Return to Book List "JOHN HUNT MORGAN AND HIS RAIDERS" BY EDISON H. THOMAS Whether one thinks of him as a dashing cavalier or shameless horse thief, it is impossible not to regard John Hunt Morgan as a fascinating figure of the Civil War. Edison gives a balanced view of these controversial men and their raids. In a fast paced narrative he follows the cavalry unit from the evening the first group set out from Lexington to join the Confederate forces until the morning of Morgan's death in Greeneville, Tennessee.