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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM21N3_sharonville_Sharonville-OH.html
Around 3 am on July 14, 1863, more than 2,000 grimy
hard-looking, heavily armed cavalrymen, most without uniforms
plodded toward Main Street from the west. Confederate Brigadier
General John Hunt Morgan's Raiders had arrived.
Many of the soldiers fel…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM21N4_evendale_Cincinnati-OH.html
More than a week after the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, nearly 2,000 rebel soldiers remained on Northern
soil. In the early morning of July 14, 1863, the crack Confederate
cavalry division of Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan rode
so…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM21N5_deer-park_Cincinnati-OH.html
While many Ohioans panicked in the path of Confederate
Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's cavalry — hiding their
valuables and fleeing their homes — the Schencks and the
Thompsons resolved to defend both. During the Civil War
this house be…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM21N6_blue-ash_Cincinnati-OH.html
On the morning of July 14, 1863, John Craig Hunt
and his ten-year-old son, Wilson, watched from their
Blue Ash farmhouse as Confederate raiders led six
horses from the barn. When the boy asked his father
about his intentions, the father replied, "There'…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM21N7_winchester_Winchester-OH.html
Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan
and his raiders galloped into Winchester about 8:30 am
on July 15, 1863. The rebels immediately began searching
businesses and private residences for firearms, food, horses
and anything else that suited the…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM21NE_williamsburg_Williamsburg-OH.html
About 4 pm on July 14, 1863, Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan
and his raiders stopped in Williamsburg to establish their first campsite in Ohio.
Approximately 2,000 cavalrymen remained in the rebel force.
Many of the officers spent the ni…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM21NF_camp-dennison_Camp-Dennison-OH.html
On Sunday afternoon, July 12, 1863, Camp Dennison's
commandant, Lieutenant Colonel George W. Neff, learned of
Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's approach from Indiana
with more than 2,000 Confederate cavalrymen. Neff had about
600 Union soldiers &mdas…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM21NO_stoney-ridge_Piketon-OH.html
As Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his Confederate raiders crossed
southern Ohio, Governor David Tod called out ax brigades to fell trees across
the raiders' anticipated route. Downed trees were not a major problem for mounted
troops, but they wer…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM21NQ_berlin-crossroads_Wellston-OH.html
As Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's Confederate raiders left Jackson on Friday, July 17, 1863, they were in good spirits and singing songs. Although they had burned a mill near Berlin Crossroads, a small town located on the Marietta and Cincinnati Railr…
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The advanced guard of Brigadier General John Hunt
Morgan's Confederate raiders arrived in Jackson about
9:30 pm on July 16, 1863, and found a tree barricade
near the Isham House on Main Street defended by old
men and boys. Local militia forces were busy…