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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21OQ_dry-run_Portland-OH.html
On the morning of July 19, 1863, Confederate Brigadier General
John Hunt Morgan learned that the Union redoubt guarding
the ford had been abandoned in the night. Colonel Basil Duke
was ordered to send a force south to try to preserve the elemen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21OH_north-end-valley_Portland-OH.html
While Confederate Colonel Basil Duke attempted to
stop the Union advance up the Ohio River Valley from
the south early on July 19, 1863, Brigadier General
John Hunt Morgan still thought that the path to the
Buffington Island ford was clear.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21OG_portland_Portland-OH.html
Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and about 1,900 Confederate raiders
arrived in the Ohio River Valley near Portland late in the evening of July 18, 1863.
He established his headquarters in the Middleswart House, which stood on the
rise direct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21MT_first-ohio-invasion_Portland-OH.html
Brigadier General Albert G. Jenkins of Virginia, with 350 Confederate cavalrymen, crossed the Ohio River near this point on September 3, 1862 and advanced to Racine. After occupying the town for a few hours and after seizing a dozen horses, the tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21ML_major-daniel-mccook_Portland-OH.html
About one thousand feet
southwest of this monument
Major
Daniel McCook
of the famous "Fighting McCooks"
fell mortally wounded in the
Battle of Buffington Island
July 19, 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNXP_battle-of-buffington-island_Portland-OH.html
(Front side):On and near this spot, July 19, 1863, occurred what is known as the Battle of Buffington Island between the forces of Gen. John H. Morgan, Confederate leader, who was attempting to cross the river near the middle of the island - a sho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNW5_the-battle-of-buffington-island_Portland-OH.html
(Side A):
Department of the Ohio - Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. BurnsideCavalry Brigade, 3rd Division XXIII Corps - Brig. Gen. Henry M. Judah5th Indiana Cavalry (2 companies) (Lt. John O'Neil)11th Kentucky Cavalry (Maj. Milton Graham)14th Illinois Cava…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNW3_the-battle-of-buffington-island_Portland-OH.html
Morgan's Cavalry Division - Brig. Gen. John Hunt MorganDuke's Brigade - Col. Basil Duke2nd Kentucky Cavalry (Maj. Thomas Webber)5th Kentucky Cavalry (Col. D. Howard Smith)6th Kentucky Cavalry (Lt. Col. John Warren Grisby)9th Tennessee Cavalry (Lt.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNW2_the-battle-of-buffington-island_Portland-OH.html
Dedicated to the Men and Women of the Portland community who braved the atrocities of the Battle of Buffington Island fought in the Portland bottom lands on July 19, 1863, and to the generosity of these people in feeding and caring for the wounded…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDE3_st-clairs-defeat_Portland-OH.html
Native Americans inhabited and used much of the land in the Ohio valley as hunting grounds. As American settlers pushed west, conflicts resulted and attempts at peaceful settlement failed. Under political pressure, President George Washington reso…