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Title: Morgan's Raid
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Ohio History Central
URL Source: http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=519
Published: Apr 11, 2011
Author: Ohio History Central
Post Date: 2011-04-11 18:54:44 by We The People
Keywords: Civil War, Morgan, History
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Comments: 46
Morgan's Raid was the only major attack by Confederate forces on the State of Ohio during the American Civil War. On July 8, 1863, Brigadier-General John Hunt Morgan, a Confederate cavalry leader, led approximately two thousand soldiers across the Ohio River into southern Indiana. Morgan's superiors had dispatched the cavalry leader into northern Kentucky to cause disorder among the Union military. Morgan exceeded these orders by crossing north of the Ohio River, although he did create turmoil for the United States army. Crossing into Indiana, Morgan's Raiders spread false rumors that the Confederates intended to attack Indianapolis, Indiana. Rather than doing this, the men spent five days in southern Indiana, procuring supplies and horses from Northern civilians. On July 13, as the Indiana militia descended upon Morgan's men, the Confederates entered Ohio, near the Hamilton-Butler County line. Morgan led his men to the outskirts of Cincinnati, where he spent the night of July 13-14, within sight of the Union army's Camp Dennison. The next day, Morgan divided his men. He sent a small group through Warren, Clinton, Fayette, Ross, and Jackson Counties, while the main force traveled through Clermont, Brown, Highland, Pike, and Jackson Counties. The larger group crossed the Scioto River at Piketon and proceeded to Jackson, where it reunited with the smaller detachment. The reunited Confederates proceeded east through Jackson, Gallia, Vinton, and Meigs Counties, in an effort to reach the Ohio River. On the night of July 12, Ohio Governor David Tod issued a proclamation, calling out the Ohio militia to protect the southern counties from Morgan's Raiders. Many militiamen did not hear of the proclamation in a timely manner. The Confederates faced little opposition until July 18, when they encountered a small earthwork, defended by Ohio militiamen. Severely outnumbered, the militiamen retreated under the cover of darkness. However, their presence had allowed Union cavalry, under Brigadier-General E.H. Hobson, to catch up to the Confederates. Union General Ambrose Burnside also had sent Northern soldiers and gunboats to patrol the Ohio River. Morgan's men attempted to cross the Ohio River at a ford near Buffington Island. The Confederates succeeded in getting a small number of men across the river before Union gunboats and soldiers under Hobson and General H.M. Judah arrived. A battle ensued at Buffington Island. The Northern force numbered approximately three thousand men, while Morgan's Raiders included 1,700 soldiers. Some uncertainty exists about the battle. Morgan hoped to lead his men across the Ohio River, and Union soldiers and gunboats intercepted him. Morgan did not file a battle report, and the Union officers involved left out many details in their final reports. Estimates for the number of wounded or killed Southerners range from fifty-two to 120 men. Union soldiers captured an additional eight hundred to 1,200 men. Among the captured men was Morgan's brother-in-law. Northern soldiers lost twenty-five men in the battle, including Daniel McCook of the Fighting McCooks. During the Civil War, fifteen McCook family members fought for the North, earning these men the nickname, the Fighting McCooks. Morgan's remaining men managed to break through the Union lines and continued in a northerly direction along the Ohio River, hoping to find a place to cross. Twenty miles from Buffington Island, Morgan's Raiders found an unprotected crossing. Several hundred of the Confederates succeeded in crossing the river before Union gunboats arrived. Morgan and his remaining soldiers retreated westward through Meigs and Gallia Counties and then moved in a more northeasterly direction through Vinton, Hocking, Athens, Perry, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Carroll, and Columbiana Counties. At Salineville, in Columbiana County, Union Cavalry under the command of Major W.B. Way and Major G.W. Rue surrounded Morgan's Raiders and succeeded in capturing Morgan and most of his command. Morgan's capture marked the end of his raid of the North. The Northern soldiers took Morgan and most of his captured men to Columbus. The enlisted men were confined in the Camp Chase Confederate prison camp. Morgan and several of his officers were held at the Ohio Penitentiary. Morgan arrived there on October 1. He and several of his men immediately made pans to escape. They tunneled out of a cell into an airshaft on November 13, 1863. They remained in their cells until November 27, when Morgan and six of his soldiers used the airshaft to reach the prison yard. They then fashioned a rope from their prison uniforms and scaled the wall. Utilizing some of the one thousand dollars that his sister had smuggled into the prison inside a Bible, Morgan purchased a train ticket to Cincinnati. He then made his escape across the Ohio River into Kentucky. Morgan returned to the Confederate army but was killed by Union soldiers less than a year later. Morgan's Raid netted few positive results for the Southern military. It did provide some hope to Confederate civilians that their military could still succeed following the Northern victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in early July 1863. It also caused a great deal of fear among Indiana and Ohio residents and cost several of these people some personal property that the raiders had seized. Almost 4,400 Ohioans filed claims for compensation with the federal government for items that they lost to the Confederates during the raid. The claims amounted to 678,915 dollars, with the government authorizing compensation in the amount of 576,225 dollars. While the Confederates succeeded in instilling fear in the civilian population, the raid inspired many of these people to fight even harder to defeat the Confederacy. In addition, the Confederate military also lost an entire division of veteran cavalrymen. Morgan also failed to destroy any railroad tracks, bridges, or supply depots. The raid caused no significant harm to the transportation and communication infrastructure of the North. The raid has many negative effects as positive ones for the Confederacy.
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#4. To: Murron (#3)
So was mine! ?? I've just recently, in the last 3-4 months or so, done some digging into my family history. I traced my mothers side back to the 1500's in what is now Germany. My fathers side dead ended right before the American Revolutionary War but I have 2 direct descendants who fought in the Revolutionary War. That is amazing to me. Then, this guy above. It all was quite shocking to find out. There seems to be a proclivity on both sides of my bloodline for males to be named after presidents. Conservative presidents.
It is nice you have a relative who served the cause he valued enough to put his life on the line for. Confederate soldiers deserve every bit as much respect as any other soldier who served the land and people we now call one nation again.
Morgan's path into Brown County came directly across my property here, via a old wagon road still discernible running up the cliff upon which my home sits today. You can still see the stone foundations for a small bridge that cross a ravine that runs east to west along the house, made from the White Oak Creek which is my western boundary/property line. Every April Georgetown Ohio reenacts Morgan's Raid. Upwards of sixty mounted reenactors 'invade' and put on one helluva show in the town square. There is also a civil war encampment, and a CW ball held at the local theater/playhouse which is well attended by the locals dressed in that era's traditional formal attire. There are three people that portray Grant who grew up in Georgetown, Lincoln and Robert E Lee. I think it takes place next week here, I'll have to check.
I hear you knockin...go back where you been....
All true.
I hear you knockin...go back where you been....
A) That has got to be one of the worst sentences that any adult could ever write. B) Your house doesn't sit on a cliff. C) Stop eating LaRosa's chili...it's going to your head...
America...My Kind Of Place...
B) Your house doesn't sit on a cliff. C) Stop eating LaRosa's chili...it's going to your head... You wear pea green so well..it goes so well with the yellow down your back!
Are those more call boy code words?
"http://first-draft-blog.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5ced53ef0148c7a28c4b970c-320wi"
That's Mammy calling out to her peeps like the Allies did on D-Day with: The violins of autumn wound my heart with a monotonous languor... Expect to be invaded by corn cob pipe smoking one toothed ladies dressed in gingham carrying rolling pins any second now...
America...My Kind Of Place...
We used to have one in a rural town where I lived. We called her The Toothless Mountain Woman. When the bank finally foreclosed after non payment of her mortgage for 2 years, she took a chainsaw to all the fixtures.
"http://first-draft-blog.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5ced53ef0148c7a28c4b970c-320wi"
Yep...that's Murron...
America...My Kind Of Place...
Expect to be invaded by corn cob pipe smoking one toothed ladies dressed in gingham carrying rolling pins any second now... We used to have one in a rural town where I lived. We called her The Toothless Mountain Woman. When the bank finally foreclosed after non payment of her mortgage for 2 years, she took a chainsaw to all the fixtures. You guys really should get some new material...
True story. She really did a number on the toilets.
"http://first-draft-blog.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5ced53ef0148c7a28c4b970c-320wi"
This work? You know your mother called me and ask that I stop "harrassing you". Why do you insist on pretending you don't know I am exactly who I say I am? Ask your mommy, "rebelgal" / "wet t rebelgal". In fact, I'll ping her for you. btw, she never did respond to my email reply inquiring if her screen name was due to her figure, or wishful thinking on her part...wonder why?
America...My Kind Of Place...
If I read her post correctly she was admitting that it eas her...
America...My Kind Of Place...
LOL..ok, that was funny.
Yep...one less planter for you...
America...My Kind Of Place...
C) Stop eating LaRosa's chili...it's going to your head... Murron, The dwarf sure is amusing, isn't he? I'm not sure whats more amusing here. The suggestion being on a stone cliff isn't really a 'cliff' as it relates to my home (knowing you've seen the photos')...or the assertion people go to LaRosa's (an Italian restaraunt) for chilli, when we have Skyline or Goldstar to choose from.
I hear you knockin...go back where you been....
What war doesn't know can't hurt him, he's practically invulnerable.
I do know a comma splice when I see one, Mammy.
America...My Kind Of Place...
The shear weight of what he doesn't know would stagger a team of oxen...lmao
I hear you knockin...go back where you been....
Gee Boofer...and here I was trying to be serious and all... But feel free to wax eloquently how you manage to spend all of that time exploring and combat pistoling in your back 40 when your house sits on a stone cliff. Thanks. Yours Very Truly, America...My Kind Of Place...
Gee Boofer...look at you quoting The West Wing unattributed...
America...My Kind Of Place...
From Larosa's FB Page (as linked to by Boofer's FB Page) (Boofer) Stop by the LaRosa's in ** **** for some of the best chili you've ever had. September 21, 2010 at 10:27am
America...My Kind Of Place...
I haven't eaten at Skyline in so long it makes my mouth water thinking about their 3 and 4ways. Our suppermarket carries their chili, but it's just not the same. btw, you have a beautiful home...
Mammy...any sentence that has you, Boofer and "3ways" and "4ways" in it...AUUUGH...
America...My Kind Of Place...
Geezus Mammy...
America...My Kind Of Place...
Ate there Monday for lunch. And yep, its just not the same from the grocery, although frozen skyline has saved many a transplant across the country lol. Thanks, I appreciate that.
I hear you knockin...go back where you been....
I hope you showed courtesy and took Fig with you...&;-)
KY wasn't a member of the Confederacy. It stayed with the Union.
America...My Kind Of Place...
Can't take her in, alas...but she did share some french fries with me a minute ago here in the office.
I hear you knockin...go back where you been....
Chuckles...Boofer owns a toy poodle...
America...My Kind Of Place...
I wuz IN The Civil War Honest, I saw the toilets.
Them Rebs was bad boys 150 years ago today, btw...
America...My Kind Of Place...
Nah, jist a bunch of pussey cats, jist like t'day...dumber than dirt, too, specially that there Robert E. Lee, stuffy old fart. Never changed his Dr. Dentons the whole war...'fraid the darkies would see the shit stains. Whistle when I've gone too far jerkin chains and agitatin' with evil intent.
lmao. I'm sure you were.
I hear you knockin...go back where you been....
LOL! So..... you've met my wife? And don't make fun of her! She takes very good care of her tooth!
My gg grandfather was a confederate soldier out of Kentucky.
I believe you. The other one...not so much... FWIW, my Delaware relatives...named Davis...fought for the insurgents.
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{;^D
America...My Kind Of Place...
Actually, for the record, that's not true and not fair to my wife. It was funny though. In reality, my wife just turned 50, but you'd never know it to look at her. She looks 30 and is actually quite hot. And I say that after 20 years together.
25 for me and I catch <30's checking her 48 y/o ass all the time...
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestI have a photo of my gg-grandfather and family too, he was a Confederate soldier out of Kentucky...
#5. To: Murron (#3)
"What a handsome family WTP, some of us are very lucky to have treasures like this. I have a photo of my gg-grandfather and family too, he was a Confederate soldier out of Kentucky..."
#6. To: We The People (#0)
while the main force traveled through Clermont, Brown, Highland, Pike, and Jackson Counties.
#7. To: Ferret Mike (#5)
It is nice you have a relative who served the cause he valued enough to put his life on the line for. Confederate soldiers deserve every bit as much respect as any other soldier who served the land and people we now call one nation again.
#8. To: Badeye (#6)
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Morgan's path into Brown County came directly across my property here, via a [sic] old wagon road [that's] still discernible running [sic] up the cliff upon which my home sits today.
#9. To: war (#8)
A) That has got to be one of the worst sentences that any adult could ever write.
#10. To: Murron (#9)
You wear pea green so well..it goes so well with the yellow down your back!
#11. To: Murron, Rek (#9)
You wear pea green so well..it goes so well with the yellow down your back!
#12. To: war (#11)
Expect to be invaded by corn cob pipe smoking one toothed ladies dressed in gingham carrying rolling pins any second now...
#13. To: Rek (#12)
We used to have one in a rural town where I lived. We called her The Toothless Mountain Woman. When the bank finally foreclosed after non payment of her mortgage for 2 years, she took a chainsaw to all the fixtures.
#14. To: Rek, war (#12)
#15. To: Murron (#14)
You guys really should get some new material...
#16. To: Murron (#14)
(Edited)
#17. To: Rek (#15)
#18. To: Rek (#15)
True story. She really did a number on the toilets.
#19. To: Murron (#18)
LOL..ok, that was funny.
#20. To: Murron (#9)
A) That has got to be one of the worst sentences that any adult could ever write. B) Your house doesn't sit on a cliff.
#21. To: Badeye (#20)
I'm not sure whats more amusing here. The suggestion being on a stone cliff isn't really a 'cliff' as it relates to my home (knowing you've seen the photos')...or the assertion people go to LaRosa's (an Italian restaraunt) for chilli, when we have Skyline or Goldstar to choose from.
#22. To: Murron (#21)
What war doesn't know can't hurt him, he's practically invulnerable.
#23. To: Murron (#21)
#24. To: Badeye (#20)
The dwarf sure is amusing, isn't he?
The Mean and Nasty Dwarf
#25. To: Badeye (#23)
The shear weight of what he doesn't know would stagger a team of oxen...
#26. To: Badeye (#20)
(Edited)
or the assertion people go to LaRosa's (an Italian restaraunt) for chilli [sic]
#27. To: Badeye (#23)
#28. To: Murron (#27)
I haven't eaten at Skyline in so long it makes my mouth water thinking about their 3 and 4ways.
#29. To: Murron (#27)
Our suppermarket
#30. To: Murron (#27)
#31. To: Badeye (#30)
Ate there Monday for lunch.
#32. To: Murron (#3)
(Edited)
...he was a Confederate soldier out of Kentucky...
#33. To: Murron (#31)
I hope you showed courtesy and took Fig with you...&;-)
#34. To: Badeye (#33)
Fig
#35. To: war, Fred Mertz, Biff Tannen, Murron, Badeye, Tater, Rek, Skip Intro, All (#34)
#36. To: harrowup (#35)
#37. To: war (#36)
Them Rebs was bad boys 150 years ago today, btw...
#38. To: harrowup (#35)
#39. To: war (#11)
Expect to be invaded by corn cob pipe smoking one toothed ladies dressed in gingham carrying rolling pins any second now...
#40. To: war (#32)
KY wasn't a member of the Confederacy. It stayed with the Union.
#41. To: We The People (#40)
(Edited)
#42. To: We The People (#39)
#43. To: war (#42)
#44. To: We The People (#43)
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