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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Morgan and some 700 men escaped, but the raid finally ended on July 26 with Morgan's surrender after the Battle of Salineville. Morgan's Raid was of little military consequence, merely terrorizing the populations of southern and eastern Ohio and neighboring Indiana.
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.
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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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