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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.
After a victory at the Battle of Corydon, Morgan proceeded eastward into Ohio, pursued by U.S. troops under Brig. Gen. James M. Shackelford. On July 19, Morgan attempted to cross the Ohio River into West Virginia at Buffington Island, upriver from Pomeroy in Meigs County, Ohio. Some Confederates successfully fled across the river and to ...
In Indian Territory, two largely Black and American Indian forces meet. Union victory. July 18, 1863: Second Battle of Fort Wagner (Battle of Fort Wagner, Morris Island) South Carolina: B: Confederate: second of two Union attempts to take Ft. Wagner fails, heroism of the 54th Massachusetts. July 19, 1863: Battle of Buffington Island: Ohio: C: Union
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.
Victory's cannon balls have been found along Leading Creek, Ohio, its patrol from Middleport, Ohio to Eight Mile Island along the West Virginia river bank. The Magnolia , Imperial , Alleghany Belle , and Union tinclads and armed packets, which were privateers along with others documented under Parkersburg Logistics' command.
Union Department of the Northwest, Dakotas (Sisseton and Wahpeton tribes) Union 7, Dakotas 80 [76] July 26: Salineville, Ohio Confederate cavalry, Union cavalry Confederate 364, Union none [77] July 26: Dead Buffalo, North Dakota Union Department of the Northwest, Dakota (Sisseton and Yanktonais tribes) and Teton Lakota (Hunkpapa and Blackfeet ...
Rosecrans followed and captured that city on September 8, 1863. Maneuvering then continued in the Chickamauga Campaign. Rosecrans was frustrated that the victory at Hoover's Gap and the Tullahoma Campaign were overshadowed by two other Union victories in the summer of 1863, the Siege of Vicksburg and Battle of Gettysburg. [7]
Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad Salamanca line Great Valley and Carrollton: Old Riverside Junction Railroad Bridge (abandoned) former Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad Salamanca line Cattaraugus County Veterans Memorial Bridge: I-86: Bemus Bridge: US 219: Nine Mile Road Bridge (abandoned) Allegeny and Carrollton: Allegany Bridge: I-86: Allegeny ...