In a home which stood here, Brig. Gen. John H. Morgan, CSA, was married to Miss Martha Ready December 14, 1862, by Bishop (also Lt. Gen. CSA) Leonidas Polk. Col. Basil Duke was best man. Among the groomsmen were Gen. Braxton Bragg, Lt. Gen. W.J. Hardee, Maj. Gens. J.C. Breckinridge and B.F. Cheatham and Col. G. St. Leger Grenfell. Also present was President Jefferson Davis.

Marker is on East Main Street, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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