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Tag Archives: Ohio River
A Perilous Voyage on the Kanawha: Jenkins Attacks the Victor No. 2
Riverine warfare has perhaps received less attention in Civil War historiography when compared to other naval or land theaters. Rivers played a critical role in moving and supplying armies in the field, and offered avenues of invasion or retreat. The … Continue reading
The Great March From Cumberland Gap
Today in 1862 ended one of the epic marches in American military history, the evacuation of the Union garrison at Cumberland Gap to the Ohio River. The men, 7,000 under Brigadier General George W. Morgan, endured a test not often … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Federal, Western Theater
Tagged American Revolutionary War, Benedict Arnold, Burma, California, Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Carter Stevenson, Cumberland Gap, East Tennessee, George W. Morgan, Humphrey Marshall, john hunt morgan, Joseph Stilwell, Kentucky, Kentucky Campaign, Mexican-American War, Ohio River, Quebec, Stephen Kearny, World War II
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The Raid Ends: Morgan’s Raiders in Ohio
Part 3 of a three-part series After five days in Indiana, Morgan and his men left the Sunmansville area and headed east. They reached Harrison, a small town that straddles the Indiana and Ohio border, on July 13, 1863. Colonel … Continue reading
The Raid Continues: Morgan’s Raiders in Indiana
Part 2 of a series As the saying goes, “news travels fast.” It was no different back in the summer of 1863. It was July 8 and the last of Morgan’s men were crossing the Ohio River into southern Indiana. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Civil War Events, Civilian, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 102nd Indiana, 114th Indiana, Brigader- General John Love, Colonel Lewis Jordan, Colonel Richard Morgan, Colonel Williams, Corydon, Dupont, Indiana, Indianapolis, Morgan's Raid, Ohio River, Ripley County Indiana, Sunman, Vernon, Versailles
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The Raid Begins: Morgan’s Raiders in Kentucky
Part 1 of a series “I’m sent to warn the neighbors. He isn’t a mile behind; He sweeps up all the horses— every horse he can find; Morgan, Morgan the raider, and Morgan’s terrible men, With bowie knives and pistols, … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Western Theater
Tagged Braxton Bragg, Columbia, Cumberland River, Indiana, john hunt morgan, Joseph Wheeler, Kentucky, Lebanon Junction, louisville, Morgan's Raiders, Ohio River, Twelve Mile Island, William Rosecrans
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