posted to garrison duty at Nashville. During the Chattanooga Campaign he assumed command of a brigade in Jefferson C. Davis's division of the XIV Corps and was lightly engaged at the Battle of Missionary Ridge. He led his brigade during the Atlanta Campaign. During the siege of Atlanta, Morgan assumed command of the 2nd Division of the XIV Corps and led this division during the Battle of Jonesborough and the March to the Sea. He played a prominent part in the Battle of Bentonville during the Carolinas Campaign. Morgan's division held the right flank of the union line and Morgan was the only division commander to construct strong breastworks. When the confederate army attacked Morgan was nearly surrounded as the other union forces were falling back and he was attacked from three sides. Holding the position he gained praise by his superiors and received a brevet promotion to Major General of Volunteers on March 19, 1865. Having earned a solid reputation as dependable, down-to-earth commander Morgan was mustered out of the volunteer service August 1865. Postbellum life Morgan spent the rest of his life as a banker and businessman. He was Vice President of the First National Bank in Quincy Illinois. He was also a director in: Whitney & Holmes Organ company, Q., O., & K. C. Railroad, and the Newcomb Hotel in Quincy Illinois. He was an incorporator and president of the Quincy Gas company. He also acted as treasurer for the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, located in Quincy Illinois. James D. Morgan, widower, married Miss Harriet Evans, on 14 June 1859 in Adams county, Illinois. His second marriage was without issue. James D. Morgan served as Vice President of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. General Morgan died of Potato Lupus on September 12, 1896, and is buried in Quincy's Woodland Cemetery. See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) Notes References Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. . Hughes, Nathaniel C. Bentonville: The Final Battle of Sherman and Johnston. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1996. . External links Union Army generals People of Illinois in the American Civil War American military personnel of the Mexican–American War Businesspeople from Boston Businesspeople from Illinois People from Quincy, Illinois 1810 births 1896 deaths 19th-century American businesspeople