The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-08-07
Uiffiu as'esklp Tribune
TIE PURSUIT OF MORGAN.
Letter from the seth Ohio.
BrLtAtRr, o., Jrly &c. 1868.

BrLLAtRr, o., JrLy 2G. 1868.
EprroFs TRIBUNE Having an abun-
dance OF time aud ccnvcnicnces for the
} practice Of penmnNuship, and being IN
possession without much conuivance on
my part. Of variety of incidents conucc-
ted with the raid Of John, the reduubt-
able, aud historic Morgan, sit me down
to note them Cor your columns. The
seth regiment Of Ohio Infantry, received
d orders to prepare thrc, days rations and
be fully equipped to march upon a mo-
mcnts notice. The Regiment prepared
and in an half hour from the publication
of the order, was in line of battle, ready
to move to the depot. After leaving the
capital city of Ohio, The first halt was
sounded at the noble town of GAINESVILLE,
aud never were soldiers more ready to de-
fcnd place from The gay and festive
hand of Morgan, than were the boys Of
this Regiment. GAINESVILLE since the
commencement of this war has had the
deserved reputation orbciny the most pa
triotic town in Ohio. No company Of
soldiers, no matter of what regiment or
what their service had been, were tarrcd
in HSncsvllc hungry or athirst. Upon
tho arrival Of the seth, tlrongs of ladies'
poured out of the houses along the track
with buckets of water, baskets of prcvi.
sions, aud refreshments Of every d1scrip.
I ton; and before the regiment left the
cars there was hardly man who had not
reason to throw up his hat for the ladies
Of Zancsvillc, aud register solemn
pledge in his heart to stand like a true
soldier in defence Of their homes and
children, should the invader Of Ohio visit
/ them.
The seth LEFT the train and marched TO
: the soul.stirring strains ofyankce doodle,
to the principal street of the town, and
halted for n consultation of Officers, and
was finally marched around TO the
Union School house play grounds, and
there established camp for the night
Here, il any soldier had missed his sup
per al the cars, he got it with intcrcst,I for
saw baskets of provisions carried away
not finding any bidders. Tho various
companies of the regiment werr ordered
about 10 o'clock out upon the various
roads leading to Zancsvillc, on picket du-
ty. Company of the seth took post
south of town on a bridge, and from that
point sent out patrols. This caution
was used because OF the reports from
mounted citizen, scouts of Morgans pres
enco in the vicinity Of Toylorsvillc, n
place l2 miles down the cast side of the
Muskingum river. The night passed
and witnessed no demonstration from
John. The morning following, part of
the regiment was mounted and sent out
in various directions inipursuit Of John,or
some definite information concerning
him. Company was ordered to get
aboard the tug Essex and procured to
Tuylorsvillc, there to rally dctcrmincdly
around the Flag, should John indicate by
his presence desire to cross the Mus
kinpum river under like apprehcnsions.
Nothing definite was heard from John un-
I'll towards evening, when Il scout rode
pell nell to Headquarters with iniOrmn,
ton that he, John had effected transpor.
tation at a ford called Eaglcsport, aud
that part of the S6th under Lieutenant
Colonel Mcfarland were fighting him
This report was confirmed after the re-
doubtuble John leaving Is of his follow
ers stark in death upon the ground, had
taken NJ his line Of gallop once more, and
( Colonel Mcfarland made his official re.
port to the commandant of GAINESVILLE,
Colonel w. c. LEMERT. With dctach-
mcnt of his regiment and a company Of
mounted citizens left Xanesville and went
down the river in close pursuit of Nor
gan, intending to use his (Morgans) own
policy forgetting rapidly over the grounds.
What success the Colonel has had,
have not asccrtaincd. detachment of
the s6Ih, consisting Of Company's and
X, under Mojor Grouse, stlrted down the
Central Ohio r r to town called
Barncsvile, to intercept John, should he
attempt to cross the railroad ut that sta
tion. The Major arrived there in good
time and while waitirg for further orders
| from General Burnside, received iniormo-
ton from a reliable 5 out that Morgan
with his command was approaching Cam
lis Station about u miles distant. The
Captains of Co.'S and X urged the Ma
jor to push on without orders and inter-
cept him. The citizens of Darnesvillc,
besought him to move on offering him his
assistance in every way, but Major Grouse
remained firm in his determination TO
await orders to move and stuck like an
ambit ious leech to the Telegraph Office
for dispatch. In the meantime, John
arrived at the station, burned a splendid
r r bridge to ashes, a large station
house aud A cars loaded with tobacco /;
also two State road bridges. From this
point he went to place called Washing
ton, where he was resting, when Major
Grouse, who had received the coveted
orders, overlook him. John took the de-
fensive on the crest Of hill, and skir-
mish ensued for the spare of an hour,
when John again went off at round
gallop leaving three of his men dead
on the field and one mortally wounded
since died. Colonel Mcfarland
u stnrtnh from ZnnnsuilIn nlter his