He had one brother killed at Chickamauga and one wounded at Franklin. His service prior to Consolidate was with the 24th.
He is buried at Gilgal Baptist Church in Edgefield. Captain Morgan was the son of Tyler Whitfield Morgan, who served in Company K of the Seventh Regiment and another brother, Captain Dempsey Morgan served in Texas. He served after the war in Edgefield County as School Commissioner and County Treasurer. He was married to Savannah C. Reynolds, and they had ten children, Anna Morgan Seigler, J.E. Morgan, T.P. Morgan, J.W. Morgan, S.E. Morgan, Mary E. Morgan Corley, Agnes Morgan Culbreath, R.E. Morgan, Ella Morgan Jennings, and W.H. Morgan. Colonel Morgan was born on April 15, 1832. In addition to all these vocations, Colonel Morgan was a teacher and farmer. Facing is a letter written upon his death by Bishop (General) Ellis Capers.
Edgefield Chronicle
Edgefield, South Carolina
My Dear Mr. Bacon:
I just read a notice of the death of Col. Thos. C. Morgan, my old friend and Confederate comrade. A truer man and a better soldier never lived. His retiring disposition and his genuine modesty veiled the force and strength of his character to casual acquaintances and to the superficial, but to those who knew him, he was every inch a man.
As Captain of Company K, 24th S.C.V. and afterward as its Major and Lieutenant Colonel, Morgan inspired the respect and confidence of his commanders and the devotion of his men. I remember once when I had the honor to be Lt. Col. Of the 24th and Clement Stevens was its nobel Colonel that I reported to him the shaky condition of our picket line at a certain point and he promptly replied, Put Morgan in command at that point and you will be safe there. The incident occurred on James Island in 1862 and was characteristic of the Colonels estimate of his Captain and of the after career of the Captain throughout the campaigns of Generals Bragg, Johnston, and Hood. Morgan often commanded the 24th in battle and on the march when is superior officers were disabled from wounds. We always felt sure of the reputation of the 24th with Morgan in command.
Dear field and comrade, farewell! And all hail to your peace and rest on quiet camping grounds beyond the dark river!
With Stevens and Palmer, and Jones and Hill, and Holmes and Tillman, Andrews and our beloved General Gist, and all the martyr host that have crossed the river before you, dear Morgan, may have virtues that ennobled your heart and life shine in unobscured light, and be recognized and blessed by our God and Savior and glorify your true manly nature through all eternity.
Ellison Capers
Col. Thomas Morgan is the Great
Great Grandfather of Gary S. Corley