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The Lawrence Massacre (also known as Quantrill's Raid) was an attack during the American Civil War (1861–65) by Quantrill's Raiders, a Confederate guerrilla group led by William Quantrill, on the Unionist town of Lawrence, Kansas, killing around 150 men and boys.
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 ...
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 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 ...
Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1576-0. Simmons, Flora E. (1863). A complete account of the John Morgan raid through Indiana and Ohio, in July, 1863. self. Thomas, Edison H (1975). John Hunt Morgan and His Raiders. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-0214-6. U.S. War Department (1880).
Sep 21, 2023; Athens, Ohio, United States; Students walk on the Ohio University Campus on West Green in Athens, Ohio. Sheridan Hendrix is a higher education reporter for The Columbus Dispatch.
Student enrollments at Greater Columbus colleges and universities seem to be holding steady, an optimisitic sign, say some experts. Early enrollment numbers show Ohio colleges are holding steady ...
The Battle of Buffington Island, also known as the St. Georges Creek Skirmish, was an American Civil War engagement in Meigs County, Ohio, and Jackson County, West Virginia, on July 19, 1863, during Morgan's Raid.