[3][4][5] Another brother, John Buck (1847–1919), graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, as well, receiving degrees in 1866 and 1869, and played on the cricket team captained by Morgan; he became a successful manufacturer, merchant and financier who served on the Boards of several Philadelphia institutions.
[11] Morgan's studies were interrupted by the American Civil War, when he organized Landis' Battery in response to General Robert E. Lee's raid through Pennsylvania.
Stationed at Carlisle during June through August 1863, as first-line reserves for the Battle of Gettysburg; contrary to some reports, the Battery did not see action at that historic engagement.
[12] Morgan was captain of the University of Pennsylvania's 1864 cricket team, on which his brother, John Buck Morgan (1847 - 1919), also played; the team was distinguished by playing the first intercollegiate cricket match in the college's history, against Haverford College, on May 7, 1864.
[14] Following his Civil War service; Morgan read law in the office of Judge William A. Porter, then was admitted to the bar in 1868.