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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21NX_wilkesville_Vinton-OH.html
Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his men
arrived in Wilkesville just before dark on July 17, 1863. The local
home guard offered very little resistance to the invaders. The raiders
plundered the village office and local stores.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKDB_the-lambert-land-settlement_Vinton-OH.html
Side A:In November 1843 former slave Frank Lambert, along with 29 other former slaves, purchased 265.5 acres of land in Morgan Township. These African American settlers had once belonged to Charles Lambert Jr. of Bedford County, Virginia, but had …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKCX_morgans-raid_Vinton-OH.html
During the American Civil War 1860-1865, a Confederate cavalry, led by Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan, infiltrated the states of Kentucky, southern Indiana, and southeastern Ohio as a diversionary tactic to draw northern troops from eastern Te…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKCR_ewington-academy_Vinton-OH.html
The Ewington Citizens' Literary Institute purchased this site and sponsored the construction of Ewington Academy which opened in 1859. The building, designed by George Ewing, was financed by popular subscription with much labor and materials donat…