Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-07-18
The Rebel Raid in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
and Cincinnati Alarmed.

| The telegraph has given notice of the raid of
Morgan in Kentucky, by which Louisville and
Cincinnati are alarmed for their safety. So that
after all the campaign in Kentucky, and after the
immense armies that have marched through her
territory, the rebels are still bold and reliant
This comes Of the conciliatory, halfway policy
that has been pursued toward them Our troops
have been compelled to fight and march leaving
bitter vindctye, active rebels in their rear, with
no severer penalties inflicted upon them than
Swearing them and letting them go" If we
had confscatcd every dollars worth Of property
Of every rebel, set every one of his slaves free,
and vet him 10 work upon our Notifications as we
went along, there wouldn't be much ind ducement
for Morgan or any other man to make a raid
through there at the present time. As it is we
must go over the ground once more, and doubt
less in less than week there win be half doz-
en- more valuable bridges burned by the maraud-
ing rebels to be rebuilt by Federal soldiers
The history of the affair as given in Monday s
Cincinnati papers, is as follows; On Saturday
afternoon a dispatch was received by Mayor
Hatch, of that city, from Gen. Boyle at Louis
vile, TO "send artillery and as many men as pos
sibie to Lexington, KY, without delay" Cor
respondence was at once opened with Gov. Tod
DC, as TO what could be done. A public meet
ing was called at half past 9, at which Mayor
| Hatch stated that he had received from General
Boyle that the most urgent action was necessary;
that the Morgan party with 5000 men and artil-
lery, were marching ON Lexington, and would
capture it and march to the Ohio unless PROMPT
measures were taken to arrest his march He
would go in person and shoulder a musket, and
felt assured that the people would promptly re-
spond in driving the enemy fromKentucky s soil
A committee was appointed to report plans, DC,
at another meeting to be held on Sunday morn
ing. At ii o'clock A. NJ, 286 troops arrived
from Camp Dennison, and left on a special train
for Louisville; 200 Others also, of the SD Regi-
meut were sent off.
About o'clock Sunday afternoon a special
tram arrived from Columbus with l100 men.
parts of the S5tb and 97th Regiments and also,
600 stand of arms These were sent forward
Immediately. At 8 o'clock 100 of the city police
force, well armed and equipped also left for Lex
mgton. The Gazette says regiment of India
ma troops left Louisville Sunday morning and
reached Frankfort at 2 P. NJ.
The excitement somewhat abated on Monday
The Gazette says $500 men from Ohio, and as
many more from Indiana were thrown into Ken
lucky in a few hours, and more would have been
sent, but for the telegraph report that Morgan's
forces were retTeaiing.
A later despatch contradicted the report of
Morgan's retreat, stating that he was at Yer
sailles 10 miles from Lexington, with the larger
part if not the whole of his forces. Gen. Ward,
in command of the Union troops at Lexington,
telegraphed to Cincinnati at o'clock the morn
ing Of the 18th, asking for all the men that can
be sent. Mayor Hatch ordered the companies
discharged the evening previous, and all others
willing to go to Lexington, TO report at his Office
the next morning.
Lexington, July l5.-The guerrillas, $500
strong, supposed to be under Morgan, encamped
on Zeb. Wards farm, close to Versailles last
night. They levied upon the citizens for their
provisions, &c. They stole all of Wards fine
race horses besides great many other valuable
horses from that vicinity, one man losing l5.--
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