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The town of Cassville, which was "nice looking" in the morning was thoroughly plundered by the Union soldiers, so that it was wrecked by evening. One Federal wrote that, "Some of our soldiers are a disgrace to the service", but then asserted that the sooner that the Confederacy's leaders felt the harsh effects of war, the sooner the war would end.
American Civil War: 0 Confederate States of America vs United States of America: Hines' Raid: June 18, 1863 Orange & Crawford counties [4] American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: 3 Confederate States of America vs United States of America and Indiana Legion: Battle of Brandenburg Crossing: July 7, 1863 East of Mauckport: American Civil War: Morgan's ...
The American Civil War altered Indiana's society, politics, and economy, beginning a population shift to central and northern Indiana, and contributed to a relative decline in the southern part of the state. Increased wartime manufacturing and industrial growth in Hoosier cities and towns ushered in a new era of economic prosperity.
It was the only pitched battle of the Civil War that occurred in Indiana, and no battle has occurred within Indiana since. [ 3 ] As news of an impending raid spread across the state, Governor Oliver P. Morton called out the state's militia force, the Indiana Legion , to defend against the threat.
The Newburgh Raid was a successful raid by Confederate partisans on Newburgh, Indiana, on July 18, 1862, making it the first town in a northern state to be captured during the American Civil War. Confederate colonel Adam Rankin Johnson led the raid by using a force of only about 35 men he had recruited from nearby Henderson, Kentucky . [ 1 ]
The last fort was abandoned in 1816. The settlement around the forts was best known as the territorial capital of the Northwest Territory (later, the Indiana Territory). The best known event was Gen. William Henry Harrison 's mustering of forces at Vincennes just prior to his campaign against the Indian capital at Prophetstown in Tippecanoe ...
A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Seventy-Third Indiana Regimental Association. History of the Seventy-Third Indiana Volunteers in the War of 1861-65 (Washington, DC: Carnahan Press), 1909. Attribution. This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908).
During the American Civil War, Indianapolis, the state capital of Indiana, was a major base of supplies for the Union. Governor Oliver P. Morton, a major supporter of President Abraham Lincoln, quickly made Indianapolis a gathering place to organize and train troops for the Union army.