Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-15
Honorable T W. Lincoln. ]


The cifizens of Harrison county, after they
rppri~ei nf the landing of Morgans cavsl
~ opposite Brandel burg, made such prepara
tons. assisted by citizens of Crawford county, as
were possible under the circumstances OF course
rhe few hundred citizens who could he collected
It such short notice could offer but slight resist
ance To the progress OF FIVE thousand well drilled
cavalry under Morgan. Their march on Cory
don WAS therefore little retarded by the
Home Guards although the skirmi~hing which
took place is said To have resulted in lass Of al
to the Rebels. of whom twelve were killed. The
citizens of Harrison county also lost several ex
cellent men. Among the killed were Rev. Peter
Glenn. VIM. Heth, Nathan F. McKenze. .Iere
mah Nance. and two Others Among the
wounded were Col John Ferree. County Com
missioner and Young Mr Glenn. besides Others
whose names are not remembered
Before reaching Corydnn, with the situation
and defenses Of which they were nerfectly famil
lar. the Rebels seized Hon S X Wolfe, State
Senator. and Samuel " Douglass County An
ditor. who were out with the Home Guards. and
required them TO ride the head of their column,
declaring that if they (the Rebels were shot at
entering Corydon, they would shoot the two
gentlemen named
On entering town, Morgan himself repaired to
Mr.. Kintner's hotel, where he rem tined during
the time his Command occupied the place-some
three haurs-which time ne spent in sleeping,
seeing only one or two citizens. In the mean
time his commenced plaging the stores of
Douglass. DenbO d Co. and Samuel J Wright
Mr.. " was not ut home and they took what
they pleased without let or hiudrance Mr. Den
bo was sent for by Capt. Charlton Morgan, the
GeuerRls brother, and compelled onen his
store Everything in the way of ready made
clothing hats. caps. boots. shoes. &c. WAS taken
Captain Morgan taking piece of fine gray cas
I'M ont F vkhI o, L ~. t. II.
For all these goods amounting in value to
about s. 500. Mr. Denbo received the sam of
Sl4o in Confederate scrip some of which was
dated as late ~ NV. 1853 Mr. Wrights loss
VS. probably somewhat larger than that OF Mr.
Deuho
The drng store of Dr. Reader and several other
establishments were also relieved Of portions of
their contents
The hardware and drug store Of Slaughter &
Semons saved. and it is said to have been
guarded. owing to the influence of relative of
Mr. Slaughter in the ReneI command
The store Of the late Mr. Vance was spared
on the representation that the proprietor had been
buried the day before, and nothing was taken
from H.
Upon each Of the three Touring mills In Cory
don lew was made OF 81 000. TO he paid ia
consideration os Morgans refraining TO bum
them The chivaliy. however, graciously con.
uecenoe1 10 receive SZ,tVu IN greenhacks
liquidation Of their claim upon the mill pronertv
The Rebels paid no regard 10 the rights of nri.
vate citizens or families They robbed Mr. II .sey.
County Treasurer. OF $3.50 in MONEY! stole all
the clothing of Judge NJ ,tIhis exrent what
he had on. sIold pair at fine boots from Mr. p
p Douglass. and COMMITTEES numerous other
petty ihefts Of similar character They entered
private houses wfh impunitv, eat all The yiciuals
the lsdies hid cooked for the Home Guards. and
compelled them To cook more
Among the men IN the Rebel command. the
citizeU~ recognized one Young m an who had re
Gently spent several weeks in he place AMI an
other Who had the day previous worked on the
Qualifications hastily erected tor the defense of
the place, In fact, it was evident that the coun.
try had been thoroughly secured by spies. and
that the Rebels were perfectly familiar with the
roads. towns. and everything else that could aid
them in their raid i New Albtny Ledger.