“Colonel Asa S. Morgan of Camden was born near Macon, Georgia, in 1825, his father being of Welsh and his mother of English descent. He was educated in the private academies of Dr. McIntire at Macon, and Dr. Mason at Vineville. In 1843 he moved to Union County, Arkansas, and engaged in farming and merchandise. When the Civil War broke out Mr. Morgan raised and equipped at his own expense in Union County Company A, First Arkansas Infantry, of the Confederate Army. At the Battle of Shiloh he was aide to Colonel Fagan. When at the end of the firs year’s service the regiment was reorganized, Colonel Morgan became assistant adjutant general to General Rust. He was later transferred to Hindman’s command in the Trans-Mississippi Department, where he commanded the third regiment in McRae’s brigade, later called Morgan’s Arkansas Regimen. He also served as inspector of field transportation on the staff of General Kirby Smith, remaining in this position until the close of the war. Before the war Colonel Morgan was a Whig, but since then has been identified with the Democratic Party. He has several times served as a delegate to state and national convention of his party. He was elected to the legislature in 1876, also in 1890. He has frequently championed the improvement of the Ouachita River.”
He married in 1855 Miss Eliza Wright, who died in 1869; in 1871, Miss Martha Julia McRae, who died in 1889. He has three sons living; two engaged in business at Camden and another a physician. A fourth son, now dead, Stokely by name, fired the first gun on the Olympia, Admiral Dewey’s flagship at the Battle of Manila.
As a side note, Morgan’s first wife was a sister of Colonel John Crowell Wright. Wright served with Morgan in the 26th until after the elections of 1863. Colonel Wright the left the 26th and formed the 12th Arkansas Cavalry.
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