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Troops escorted Morgan to Columbus, Ohio, where he and many of his officers were imprisoned in the Ohio Penitentiary. Many of his captured soldiers were sent to Camp Chase and other prisoner-of-war camps in the North. In July and August 1863, Ohio Governor David Tod led an inquiry into Morgan's surrender.
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. It is named for the commander of the Confederate troops, Brigadier General John Hunt ...
Lake Erie near modern Put-in-Bay, Ohio: War of 1812 68 United Kingdom vs United States of America Battle of Buffington Island [15] July 19, 1863 Portland, Ohio / Buffington Island: American Civil War: Morgan's Raid (1863) 77 United States of America vs Confederate States of America: Battle of Salineville [16] July 26, 1863 near Salineville ...
During the American Civil War, the State of Ohio played a key role in providing troops, military officers, and supplies to the Union army.Due to its central location in the Northern United States and burgeoning population, Ohio was both politically and logistically important to the war effort.
The Hines' Raid was a Confederate exploratory mission led by Thomas Hines, on orders from John Hunt Morgan, into the state of Indiana in June 1863 during the American Civil War. Hines aimed to prepare the groundwork of Morgan's Raid across the Ohio River into Indiana and Ohio by seeing what support the local Knights of the Golden Circle and ...
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.
American Civil War portal; Bennett, B. Kevin and Roth, David, "Battle of Buffington Island," Blue & Gray magazine, April 1998. Cahill, Lora Schmidt and Mowery, David L., Morgan's Raid Across Ohio: The Civil War Guidebook of the John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio Historical Society, 2014. ISBN 978-0989805438.
These were the civilian William Hunter Campbell and 22 volunteer Union soldiers from three Ohio regiments: the 2nd, 21st, and 33rd Ohio Infantry. Andrews instructed the men to arrive in Marietta, Georgia , by midnight of April 10, but heavy rain caused a one-day delay.