John Hunt Morgan Surrender Site

[Eric Wittenberg]

Thanks, Eric!

Bill

Sure thing, Bill.

 

[donna]

Bill thanks for the information. We always enjoyed riding along Ky 8. It was a scenic trip.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

On this day in 1863, Confederate Brigadier General John H. Morgan and 360 Raiders surrendered to U.S. Army cavalry near West Point, Ohio. This surrender ended John H. Morgan's "Great Raid of 1863" through the states of Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

* Anniversary Bump!

 

[Kathy the history sleuth]

Great photos! I'm planning to stop in Greenville TN at the site where he died on my way to the Muster.

 

[donna]

We been to Greenville 2 times. Lots to see there.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

Great photos! I'm planning to stop in Greenville TN at the site where he died on my way to the Muster.

Thanks!

The Dickson-Willams Mansion is where John H. Morgan was shot and killed on September 4, 1864.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

We been to Greenville 2 times. Lots to see there.

I agree, Donna! Greeneville is a neat little Tennessee town.

I highly recommend a tour of the Andrew Johnson National Site.

Bill

 

[realevergreen]

Thanks for information on the prison.

Do you have picture of where the Ludlow Ferry was located and any history on it ?. I loved the old ferries. Would ride them just for fun when we lived in Kentucky.

We can't say about the Ludlow ferry because we never took it but, if it's like the Augusta , KY ferry, they truly are good ferries. It gives you a good view of the surrounding terrain.

 

[Kathy the history sleuth]

I have been there and visited the Andrew Johnson site. I'd recommend Greenville if you are in the area. It's on my way to the Muster so I'll be stopping in. Thanks for the great photos!

 

[Kathy the history sleuth]

Thanks!

The Dickson-Willams Mansion is where John H. Morgan was shot and killed on September 4, 1864.

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I'm glad Greenville celebrates it's history!

 

[Buckeye Bill]

* Today is the anniversary of the Confederate Brigadier General John H. Morgan surrender in the Buckeye State.

 

[Kathy the history sleuth]

I've been reading the Emerging Civil War series they have been sending out in their emails. Amazing foray he made into the north.

 

[19thOhio]

Polly Stratton's diary jottings about Morgan's Raid
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For Christmas 1862 Polly Stratton was gifted a diary by her father William Obidiah Stratton, pastor of North Benton Presbyterian Church. North Benton is a small community in western Mahoning County about ten miles from Morgan's surrender site at West Point. Polly faithfully kept the diary during 1863.

Polly's diary musings regarding John Hunt Morgan's Raid in the area:

June 13: We have heard that Morgan, the Raider, has crossed the Ohio and is pillaging the towns in Indiana and Ohio. We pray he may be captured, for they say he is very cruel and does not even spare women and children.

July 25: We heard that Morgan was coming up through Northern Ohio and I felt I must get home. What shall we do if he reaches North Benton? Father is too old to protect us and I don't know how I can keep Mother and Alice and little Julia (sisters) safe.

July 26, Sunday: Nearly all the men, who are not with the army, have taken what weapons they could get and gone out to capture the terrible raiders, if possible. Father thought he ought to go, too, so as soon as church was over, we started. I had to go to bring back the horse. We heard Morgan was only a few miles from Salem, so we started back home, as we could not leave Mother and the girls alone. We had not got out of town when we met some men riding in with the news that Morgan was captured!

July 27: Polly mentions that Morgan has surrendered to Shackelford.

July 28: News tonight is exciting. It is reported that about five hundred of Morgan's men are near Salem. All the men from here are gone to meet them. The business houses in Salem are closed and the homes guarded as well as they can be, by the women and children. I do not apprehend much danger, as the men have no leader.

July 29: . . . The roads are unsafe, as Morgan's men have scattered and on one knows exactly where they are.

Thus, Morgan raided into prime 19th Ohio recruiting area, Columbiana County. I have information that many of the captured men were taken through Alliance to their way to Columbus and wherever they were sent. Alliance was the site of Camp Ford from where the 19th Ohio was sent to Shiloh and their adventures during the Civil War.

Can I claim that this area, the 19th Ohio's home, was the northern-most point of any organized (?) Confederate military force during the Civil War?

This photo of Polly was taken just four months before the raid. Her brother, Henry Granville Stratton, was wounded at Stones River. Recovering, "Gran" returned to the regiment to eventually lead the men at the Battle of Chickamauga. After the war Polly married Cpt. Homer C. Reid, Co. K, 19th O V I.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

* Today is the anniversary of the surrender of Confederate Brigadier General John H. Morgan and his Raiders near West Point, Ohio on July 26, 1863.