John Hunt Morgan Surrender Site

[Buckeye Bill]

From Harrison, Ohio to just outside of West Point, Ohio, John Hunt Morgan and his Raiders "Great Raid of 1863" ends on this day.

 

[donna]

Always enjoy your threads. Thanks for bringing this one back up.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

Always enjoy your threads. Thanks for bringing this one back up.

Thanks, @donna!!!

Based on the lack of responses, the topic of John Hunt Morgan is not very interesting to my fellow members. If he raided Gettysburg, he would probably receive more attention on this board (sarcasm).

Bill

 

[Belle Montgomery]

I was just at his surrender tree (pics) last weekend-I believe that's where that rock was placed:
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/john-hunt-morgan-surrender-tree-in-beaver-creek-state-park.160218/

 

[Buckeye Bill]

I was just at his surrender tree (pics) last weekend-I believe that's where that rock was placed:
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/john-hunt-morgan-surrender-tree-in-beaver-creek-state-park.160218/

Thanks for sharing, BM!

On page 238 in the book entitled "Morgan's Raid Across Ohio," David Mowery states, "Approximately forty yards beyond the Adams house's driveway, on the right side of the highway, is the Burbick Spring, which flows into the creek ahead. A tree stump currently stands above the spring. General Morgan and soldiers of both sides hovered around the spring while the surrender unfolded."

Bill

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

I've mentioned elsewhere that I've seen a bit of the sequel... Morgan and a number of his officers were taken to the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus (which was finally demolished only a couple of decades ago, to be replaced by part of what is now the Arena District and a baseball stadium, if I have my geography right), from which they later escaped. But while they were there, they signed a little autograph book belonging to one of them, which was left behind when they escaped, and is now in the State Archives. I got to see it when I took a "behind the scenes" Civil War-themed tour a few years back.

(Morgan's signature was small and very neat. Very good penmanship was my impression.)

 

[Buckeye Bill]

I was just at his surrender tree (pics) last weekend-I believe that's where that rock was placed:
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/john-hunt-morgan-surrender-tree-in-beaver-creek-state-park.160218/

A friend sent me this photo.....

 

[Buckeye Bill]

Federal Major George Washington Rue standing in front of the John Hunt Morgan Surrender Site Monument.

* This unknown woman standing next to the monument and Rue looks extremely constipated!

 

[Belle Montgomery]

A friend sent me this photo.....

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Looks like the same size trunk and roots of the tree I was standing by in the pic!

 

[Buckeye Bill]

* Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his Raiders surrender to Federal cavalry near West Point, Ohio on this day in 1863.

 

[donna]

Thanks for bump.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

On this day in 1930, the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus experienced the worst disaster in its history. A horrific fire broke out in the early evening, eventually killing 322 inmates. Not only was the state penitentiary fire the worst fire in Ohio's history, it was also the worst fire in United States prison history. This prison opened in 1834 and closed in 1984.

* On November 27, 1863, Confederate Brigadier General John H. Morgan escaped from this Ohio prison. He made his way to Cincinnati, via train, jumped the train before it stopped at the depot and crossed the Ohio River, via Ludlow Ferry, into the state of Kentucky.

Morgan was shot and killed on September 4, 1864 in Greeneville, Tennessee. He is buried at the Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Kentucky.

 

[donna]

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.

 

[dahenry]

I'm guessing that the 1860s section of the penitentiary is to the front and maybe left side of the photo? I'll have to dig out the B & G issue about Morgan's escape, but I think their photo spread showed at least some of this old building. Thanks for your continuing efforts on behalf of the "Great Raid".

Dave

 

[TnFed]

* The John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail in Ohio starts in Harrison and ends at West Point.

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* Tools of the Traveling Trade!!!

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Harrison sitting on the Ohio and Indiana border line.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

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.

I can't find anything on the history of the Ludlow Ferry, Donna.

Bill

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

As an interesting coda to the story of the Ohio Pen: for years, employees of Nationwide Insurance Company, which has its world headquarters about two blocks away, parked around its perimeter. In 1996 or so, the western wall suddenly and unexpectedly collapsed and took out something like 75 parked cars in the process. That was the event that finally triggered the demolition of the old prison, and a couple of years later, Nationwide Arena was built on the site. Our NHL team plays on the site of the old Pen, which is why some had wanted to call the team the Columbus Convicts when we got our expansion team in 1999. Not surprisingly, the NHL didn't think that that name would be good for the league's image.

After the wall collapsed, my friend Dave Roth, formerly the publisher of Blue & Gray magazine, got permission to take the rocks from the portion of the wall where Morgan and his men made their escape. He had them removed to his house, and he built a cairn from them in his backyard. I was invited to be there one night on the anniversary of the escape. We all went out into the yard and and had a toast with Rebel Yell to commemorate the event. It was quite the event, as you might imagine.

@Mark F. Jenkins--Huntington Bank Park is actually west of where the prison was--Neil Avenue was always there, including when the Pen existed. I recall driving on it while the Pen was still there. You can see the intersection of Neil Avenue and Spring Street at the bottom of the photo that was posted above.

 

[donna]

Bill Ludlow is on Ky Rd. 8 along the Ohio River. It is a little past where the Anderson Ferry docks. I wonder if this was another Ferry just past the Anderson Ferry.

Take care.

Donna

 

[Buckeye Bill]

As an interesting coda to the story of the Ohio Pen: for years, employees of Nationwide Insurance Company, which has its world headquarters about two blocks away, parked around its perimeter. In 1996 or so, the western wall suddenly and unexpectedly collapsed and took out something like 75 parked cars in the process. That was the event that finally triggered the demolition of the old prison, and a couple of years later, Nationwide Arena was built on the site. Our NHL team plays on the site of the old Pen, which is why some had wanted to call the team the Columbus Convicts when we got our expansion team in 1999. Not surprisingly, the NHL didn't think that that name would be good for the league's image.

After the wall collapsed, my friend Dave Roth, formerly the publisher of Blue & Gray magazine, got permission to take the rocks from the portion of the wall where Morgan and his men made their escape. He had them removed to his house, and he built a cairn from them in his backyard. I was invited to be there one night on the anniversary of the escape. We all went out into the yard and and had a toast with Rebel Yell to commemorate the event. It was quite the event, as you might imagine.

@Mark F. Jenkins--Huntington Bank Park is actually west of where the prison was--Neil Avenue was always there, including when the Pen existed. I recall driving on it while the Pen was still there. You can see the intersection of Neil Avenue and Spring Street at the bottom of the photo that was posted above.

Thanks, Eric!

Bill

 

[Buckeye Bill]

Bill Ludlow is on Ky Rd. 8 along the Ohio River. It is a little past where the Anderson Ferry docks. I wonder if this was another Ferry just past the Anderson Ferry.

Take care.

Donna

I talked with one of my local historians yesterday. He stated "The Ludlow Ferry operated on the Ohio River just west of the Roebling Suspension Bridge. The bridge's piers were standing at the beginning and the end of the American Civil War. The Roebling Suspension Bridge was completed a couple years after the ACW. The Anderson Ferry and Ludlow Ferry were in high demand.

Bill

* The Anderson Ferry is west of the Ludlow Ferry location, Donna.