With that in mind, singer-songwriter David Ray Skinner has written John Hunt Morgan: A Southern Legend, a novel-in-music to chronicle Morgan's war-time exploits. The collection features 19 songs, and includes traditional tunes as well as sixteen original songs written by Skinner.

The story begins and ends in a musical circle with the death of Morgan on a Greeneville, Tennessee street. The songs cover a wide array of incidents and people including: his first wife, Becky; his trusted brother-in-law and second-in-command, Basil Duke; his second wife and love of his life, Mattie; and his pursuit of the destruction of the L&N Railroad, a major line of supply for the Union army occupying Tennessee.

The collection also includes a song about Morgan which was originally a poem written by Duke as well as a love song which was taken from the letters Morgan wrote to Mattie from his prison cell. There's also a song about his capture in Ohio, and one about his subsequent escape.

The musical styles range from acoustic folk and Kentucky bluegrass to electric southern rock and eclectic Appalachian a cappella gospel.

The 19-song John Hunt Morgan collection is available in cassettes and CDs and can be ordered by sending a check or money order to Electric Quilt Music. Cassettes are $8.99 (plus $2 for shipping and handling) and CDs are $13.99 (plus $2 for shipping and handling).