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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21Q3_surprise-encounter_Portland-OH.html
Union Troops Withdraw In the early morning of July 19, Union Brigadier General Henry Judah's forces, dispatched the day before from Pomeroy, surprised both themselves and the raiders by virtually running right into Confederates hidden by the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21Q2_path-of-destruction-and-damage_Portland-OH.html
Claims Against the Rebels Morgan's prime objective was striking fear in the civilian population. Along the route of the raid, Morgan's men took horses and provisions, destroyed property, and pillaged items from homes and businesses. Arriving…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21Q0_attack-from-the-west_Portland-OH.html
Closing the Net Frustrated by multiple failed attempts to overtake Morgan in Kentucky, Major General Ambrose Burnside dispatched Union Brigadier General Edward Hobson and 2,500 Union soldiers on July 6 with specific orders to intercept the Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21PZ_escape-from-the-ohio-penitentiary_Portland-OH.html
Was it an Inside Job? Entering the prison gates, the captured Confederate officers were immediately stripped, washed, shaved, and taken to their section of the prison. The men were treated much like the other inmates rather than prisoners of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21PE_buffington-island_Portland-OH.html
After thirty-eight days of raiding for supplies, damaging bridges and rail lines, and drawing the pursuit of Union troops, Morgan's men arrived here on the evening of July 18, 1863. His objective was to reach the Buffington Island ford where …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21OS_old-portland-road_Portland-OH.html
Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan had been searching for a place like Buffington Island — a ford where he could lead his 1,900-man raider force back onto friendly soil — since crossing into Ohio. This ford, which had b…
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. …
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/HM21OD_tupper-plains_Reedsville-OH.html
After the Battle of Buffington Island, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his remaining Confederate force of about 800 raiders turned inland from the Ohio River to escape the navy's gunboats and avoid pursuit. Union Brigadier General James …
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