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Subject: [OHBROWN-L] Morgan's Raiders Some personal traditions
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 18:15:23 -0400

MASON-L and LEWIS-L have been mentioning Gen John Hunt Morgan's
Confederate raiders. In that brother-vs brother war, may it be noted that
GEN MORGAN,and some of us here at Bethel ,Oh share RALPH HUNT,1660
Newtown,Long Island as a common ancestor.
July 13-14 1863 GEN MORGAN'S men rode roughly 25 miles north of
MASON-Lewis west to east about on RT 32 thru the northern portions of
the river counties of sw Oh. Morgan had crossed into Indiana at
BRANDENBURG,KY west of Louisville,and had routed past n Cincinnati
roughly I-275. He spent the night of the 13TH at Williamsburg,Oh ,once
county seat for the area just nw MASON CO. And he made a feint towards
RIPLEY,Oh with part of his troops,but passed on to PIKETON,PIKE CO,OH 50
miles ne of ne LEWIS cO,kY.
His men,in those several hundred miles,caused 1 only 1 death, but stole
many horses and mules, and ravaged small town general stores. He was
presued by a much larger UNION force-who also took horses,and store
goods. I hve a quote on that
Personal-On this farm,7 miles south of Williamsburg,the horses were
"hidden"? in the rough,wooded, 'SUGAR CAMP" corner of the farm, while
our "valuables" were hidden buried in the vegetable garden,and the garden
hoed to hide soil movement.
My 100 year dad is picturied in a 1970's history telling a tale. About
1910,his fishing buddy was the old man from the next farm. And George
Girardy told of riding to Williamsburg to see Morgan's Raiders. And of
Morgan's outlying scouts surprizing him .
Evert's 1880 'History of Clermont Co,Oh ' gives 2 lists of persons losing
horses,mules,goods, wtc-1 to Morgan and another to the UNION forces.
Dad's so old,that he had 3 uncles b 1833-43,and ex Underground RRer,Capt
Will Fagaly, was PROVOST MARSHALL. He became most hated, for it was his
job to attempt to get horses to original owners. Which meant,at times, he
took good horses ,now rested,left by the raiders,from a farmer,and
returned the man's own horses,broken down, or none at all. George Girardy
shows as having lost a horse and buggy to Morgan'S men.
The idea of the raid,in part,was to pull Union troops enclosing
Confederate Gen Bragg,in e TN,north protecting Cincinnati. Morgan rode
thru sleepy country villages of 1000 maximum. Evans and Stievers
"HISTORY OF ADAMS CO,OHIO" has some interesting articles about the raid.

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