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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IN_morgans-raiders-enter-ohio_West-Harrison-IN.html
During the afternoon of July 13, 1863, General John Hunt Morgan crossed the Whitewater River a few hundred yards north of this point. His exhausted men were strung out behind him, but managed to burn the wooden bridge once the straggling ranks wer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IL_morgans-great-raid_West-Harrison-OH.html
July 8, 1863. Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and 2,000 cavalrymen crossed the Ohio River into Indiana. They were transported from Brandenburg, Kentucky, on two captured steamboats. For six days, the Raiders rode through Southern Indiana. Mor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IK_when-the-civil-war-came-to-indiana_West-Harrison-OH.html
By July 1863, the American Civil War had entered its third brutal summer. In the East, Confederate forces commanded by Robert E. Lee successfully turned back repeated Union attempts to capture the Southern capital at Richmond. General Lee even man…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IH_canal-junction_West-Harrison-IN.html
(Front Side)The Whitewater Canal and the Cincinnati and Whitewater Canal joined in Harrison to provide better access to Cincinnati markets and Ohio River. Indiana Internal Improvement Act 1836 authorized Whitewater Canal; completed from Brookville…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IG_snow-hill-covered-bridge_West-Harrison-IN.html
(Front Side)Built 1894-1895 over Johnson's Fork Creek by John H. Horn and William H. Butts to a Howe truss design by John Burkhart. All men were local residents. Bridge was important passageway to Cincinnati markets. Rests on stone abutments with …