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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.
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.
A History of Morgan's Cavalry. Cincinnati, Ohio: Miami Printing and Pub. Co. Horwitz, Lester V. (1999). The Longest Raid of the Civil War. Cincinnati, Ohio: Farmcourt Publishing, Inc. ISBN 0-9670267-3-3. Mowery, David L. (2013). Morgan's Great Raid: The Remarkable Expedition from Kentucky to Ohio. Charleston, SC: History Press. ISBN 978-1-60949 ...
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 ...
Fayetteville May 17–20, 1863 (section). Operations against Morgan's Raid in Ohio July 2–26, 1863. Scammon's Demonstration from Kanawha Valley December 8–25. Lewisburg and Greenbrier River December 12, 1863. Crook's Raid on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 3–19, 1864. Battle of Cloyd's Mountain May 9. New River Bridge May 10.
Waitsborough June 6. Monticello and Rocky Gap June 9. West Farm June 9. Operations against Morgan July 2–26 in response to Morgan's Raid, the 45th, along with Wolford's 1st Kentucky Cavalry and the 2nd Ohio Cavalry, left Jamestown, Kentucky, in pursuit of John Hunt Morgan's troops which had crossed the Cumberland River at Burkesville, Kentucky.
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In July 1863, Old Washington was the site of a small engagement during the course of Morgan's Raid. In the course of their campaign through Ohio, the Confederate raiders appeared in several Guernsey County villages, including Old Washington, where they wreaked havoc before being caught by Union cavalry. The three Confederate dead are buried at ...