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Morgan's Raid (also the Calico Raid or Great Raid of 1863) was a diversionary incursion by Confederate cavalry into the Union states of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia during the American Civil War. The raid took place from June 11 to July 26, 1863.
The 86th Ohio Infantry was reorganized at Camp Cleveland near Cleveland, Ohio, on July 17, 1863, and mustered in for six months service under the command of Colonel Wilson C. Lemert. The regiment was attached to DeCourcy's Brigade, Willcox's Left Wing forces, XXIII Corps , Department of the Ohio , to October 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, IX ...
The Battle of Lebanon occurred July 5, 1863, in Lebanon, Kentucky, during Morgan's Raid in the American Civil War. Confederate troops under Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan fought for six hours to overcome the small U.S. garrison before moving northward, eventually riding through Kentucky, Indiana, and much of Ohio before surrendering.
Site of Morgan's surrender, sketched by Henry Howe from an 1886 photograph. Morgan encountered Capt. James Burbeck, one of Lisbon's militia commanders, along the road. [citation needed] Morgan convinced Burbeck to allow him to surrender his command, provided Burbick promised to take the sick and wounded soldiers and allow Morgan and his officers to be paroled so they could return home to Kentucky.
The Battle of Salineville occurred July 26, 1863, near Salineville, Ohio, during the American Civil War.U.S. Brig. Gen. James M. Shackelford destroyed Confederate Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan's remaining Confederate cavalry and captured Morgan, ending Morgan's Raid.
Morgan's men had covered 500 miles (800 km) in the raid. [8] They had killed or wounded 150 Union soldiers and captured more than 1,800, many of whom had been paroled . They had also caused several million dollars of damage to Union property, including bridges, railroad depots, water stations, and storehouses, and 35 miles (56 km) of railroad ...
Union dead: 3; Confederate dead: 56, including General Morgan's brother Tom") [8] July 7, 1863 (): Brandenburg, Kentucky; July 8, 1863 (): "Morgan's raid – Ohio River crossing, Alice Dean sunk" ("Union artillery fire on ships is halted. Union 8-pounder on the Indiana side is abandoned and gunboat Springfield retires after a one-hour artillery ...
Hartsville, Tennessee, December 7 (Company E). Moved to Glasgow, Kentucky, December 25, and duty there and at various points in western Kentucky until August 1863. Action at Creelsburg, Kentucky, April 19. Expedition to Monticello and operations in southeast Kentucky April 26 – May 12. Scottsville June 11. Pursuit of Morgan July 2–26.