Daniel Morgan

General Daniel Morgan, of the Revolutionary War

Daniel Morgan was a Brigadier General in the Revolutionary War. He is considered perhaps the best tactician of that era, and was one of the inspirations for the move The Patriot.

Attributed

• As to war, I am and always was a great enemy, at the same time a warrior the greater part of my life, and were I young again, should still be a warrior while ever this country should be invaded and I lived — a Defensive war I think a righteous war to Defend my life & property & that of my family, in my own opinion, is right & justifiable in the sight of God.
  An offensive war, I believe to be wrong and would therefore have nothing to do with it, having no right to meddle with another man's property, his ox or his ass, his man servant or his maid servant or anything this is his. Neither does he have a right to meddle with anything that is mine, if he does I have a right to defend it by force.

Letter to Miles Etting (1798)