Raiders in the Town Square

—John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail —

Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan sent his brother, Colonel Richard
Morgan, and about 200 Confederate raiders on a foraging expedition into
Georgetown the morning of July 15, 1863. Elizabeth King wrote a letter to
Ulysses S. Grant in 1884 describing the events.

The raiders' systematic search of stables and sheds produced only a single
horse, owned by William Ellsberry. Other raiders focused on plundering
dry goods and shoe stores, "taking the best, carrying off many pieces
of silk and all they could possibly carry away." A search of the former
Grant home on East Grant Avenue proved fruitless. When the raiders
broke into the post office, they found two muskets. "They broke them
over the rocks and left them in the street."

Some raiders went to each house asking for food. "The Ladies gave them
all they asked for," King reported. "They were all very polite and bowing
and lifting their hats when leaving." Colonel Morgan asked Mrs. John
Stuart for "a piece of bread and butter with a glass of buttermilk" but was
interrupted by an orderly when half finished. The Colonel got up in
hurry and "the bugle sounded and in less than five minutes they
were
all mounted and left town."
Text: Net Lodwick, Illustrations: Bev Kirk

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