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make . raid into GEN I'd b HossoN"
kentucky, on Green river, destroying ssv-
enty-nve miles OF railroad and capturing
In the summer Of 1853 occurred MorEanb
great raid north Of the Ohio Gen. Burnside
was then In command Of the Department. Of
the Ohio. The state Of Kentucky was d.
vtded into three military distEtct4, extending
from the Big Sandy 10 the Cumberland
river. Cen BurnddsS headquarters were At
Cincinnati
In tina plan for the Morgan raid, the cap
turo Of Louisville was expected TO result
Morgan with $500 men was to dash north
ward through Kentucky. Destroying raEl-
roads and capturing prisoners and guppIeA
Il was . dark period Of the war for those
who adhered to the Union cause The battle
Of Gettysburg bad not been fought, and
Vick1burH had not Jet fallen. The northern
states, particularly those on the border, were
fun Of Confederate sympathizsrA Il was be-
hsved by the Richmond goveEnmsnt that q
grand dash northward by Morgan and his
men would arouse the latent enthusiasm for
the ConfederAcy, rein itS depleted stores
with army supplies and recruit thousands of
young soldiers for the southern flag. So the
raid was planned
Ons object intended by Bragg, Morganis
superior. was to draw the attention Of Burn
side and Rosecrans a. far as possible away
from htmsslf, In Tennessee, and enable him
10 complet0 movements he contemplated
Bragg and MoEgan planned the raid to
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WUrN frank and 49, SoAA d AoAoAn.
winning, and thsro was about him the mar
as1anm that drew 20 him the hearts q Ma
and woman His oommAnding presence Wa
GnSh THAI whsrever he appeared he was
Recognised - an uncommon man. His men-
tAlify Wa - uncommon a. his physique, and
improsBsd it8elf strongly. As soon a. be
croassd the Ohio river after his memorable
sscap0 from the Ohio penitentiary, he was
Known and recognised wherever be Get foot
A be passed through Kentucky and TenneS-
- On bis way south be was greeted con-
SANITY with the wurdss ~ know who you
arOs you are John Morgan II he had been
- veil known north Of the Ohio river a. he
was south, he never could have Travelled un-
recognized In . railway train from Colum-
bus. O., % Cincinnati
A. 10 years Of age his dery, restless spirit
took him into army service during the MeHi-
can var. Young ~ be wAs, he became .
houtsnAnk The handsome, dAahing young
cmcr returned home from Mexico and set-
tlsd down TO buSdne1 pursuits In the splendid
BluO Grass region Of Kentucky. BE became
Q manufacture OF the coarser grades Of tar
e1O fabrics In Lexington, KY. Here be soon
amAAed . competency. bis business talents
and onsrgy were a. great - his physical
Strength, and al alike seemed OxhauStlesA
Hs married Mis RebeccA Bruce, Of the
ESll known KmtOchy Bruce family. A Pc
euIlaEity Of bis character was the enthuEiam
h seemed 10 arouse among women On AL
his raAds through Kentucky during the war
he WAs Weclomed, 6sasted and feted BY Wo-
msn- Babies were named for him. 30 were
fAvorIt0 horses.
Inssvsral instances ladies voted address
Oe welcome 70 the bold raider, whsn he ap-
peArod In their towns, delivering the speeches
In THAR own sflVery southern soprano.
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Col Robson was In many battles and skir-
mishes in Kentucky and Tennessee He also
took part in the battle Of CorinGh. In Fsbrn-
airy, 1868. be was appointed brigadier gen.
erel He asked to serve in southeastern Ken
lucky, that he might capture John Morgan.
His request was granted and the cavalry
force was given to him. Gen Hobson Is now
engaged In business In Greensburg, KY.
After Morgan's march Of ten miles in an
hour and q half he stopped In Springfield
long enough to parole his prisoners he had
thought he might reach Louisville and cap
ture It But at Springfield, according to his
ehstom, he tapped the telegraph wires to as
certain what his enemies were about He
learned thus that he was expected at Louis
vile, and that Louisville was prepared to
give him a warm reception
Thereupon he turned abruptly to the west
ward and headed for the Ohio river at Bran
denburg, KY. Thence he determined to cross
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the cell down into an air chamber under
meath. thence 20 the yard OF the prison.
Gen. Basil Duke says they tore their bed
covering into strips and made rope Of e.
An iron poker from the stove was beatka
into hook, and with this extamporised rope
and hook they prepared 70 scale the great
wall Of the peuitentfary yard The signal TO
60 was given iuat after the great prison bell
struck the hour Of midnight Dummies
had bean prepared by s5uaing their old gar
mentS with nsWspaperG These they left
covered In their beds to deceive the guard,
who always looked into their ceIls with 8
lantaFn on bis hourly rounds. holding it up
to ses through the grating.
Cl0ngI went the great iron ball on the
stroke oe midnight, nov. %. 1868 While Il
struck rap beneath On the door OF each cell
told the seven men that their hour had come.
With beating hearts and hurr3ed hands they
placed the dummies" in the bedsand slipped
down into the air chamber. A thin crust Of
cement had been left over the floors Of all the
calls except that Of Capt Hines. The cutting
Of all except his had been made from under
meath.
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In the year 1851 two events happened that
changed wholly the life Of the rich and hand
0omO wooden manufacture. BIS wife died
aftsr years Of fines, and the civn war burst
upon the country. John Morgan took the
aido Of the south with all the fiery zeal Of bis
sal In Hsptamber, l6o1. ho Iefb his home
and went south within the lines Of the Con-
1edaracy.
SSThsrs was about him. says Q writer In
Tia Magazine Of Western History, "a look
Of authority that demanded obedience a.
WaIl - conhdSnca. his power Of endurance
Was % wonderful that hO sesmed tosst Asids
the common laws that control the need Of
resi- and reereshment among the average Of
the human racA BE was generous 20 FAULT
and unsslhah IN the seuso Of looking better
after the welfare Of thoaO under his command
than his own
OF thS az MotEun brothsrs In Lexington,
al Soinsd the ConfodGrAtO army save onG
Sonn took south with him from Lax1ngooo
company Of KentuckiAns 20 tho Confeder-
acy Each waa provided with his own hoEse
and with the Advertisements Of wal. THIS
was the nucleus Of the famous John Morgan
cavalry. Morgan Joined BucAner, theh es
Bowling Green, and asked 10 Be allowed 70
ssrvo the ConfedsrAcy - partisan ranger.
that form Of fighting which scanned 90 H.
oInating 20 southern horsemsn-
Young KntuckiAns doclcSd 30 bis stand
ard until he soon bad ], 900 Man. Early In
l0oo be was made colonel Soon afoerWaros
be made bis nrst radon q large scale against
the rear Of BuellS army at Nashville From
that Slms on TIL his death, John Morgan's
HfO was . series Of daring, romantic exploits
Asmany Wild stories are told Of him - were
naTratad In old times Of Robin Hood and bis
usn In Lancoln Green Many Of the stories
arO undoubtedly truA He took risk3 thai
scarcely another man In his right ssnne.
would have done. and GENERALLY came %
with Awhols akin Il IVES his reck1a9 daring
however, that proved his undoing at lA1G
On his raids be was always accompAn1ec
by . Telegraph operator, who carried . s1na1
siecfxio battery. In Union nsighborhoodi
tie bold raidsr tapped Telegraph wires anG
caussd HIS operator 70 transmit and rOcsiv'
unnnaros that gave him valuable tnformA
ton. He 0omstimes also penstr1hDd even D
the Union lines In Disguise.
In tAs summer Of 1854 Morgan constitutes
apart q Kirby Smith, command In the a
pediflon which crossed Kentucky and cam
. dangsrvuIay pear Cincinnati Morgan
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clamation, Indiana had 65 600 men on their
way to meet Morgan. More were offered, but
these were all that were accepted It was now,
too, well on In the third year OF the war.
MorgaD's approach struck panic into the
rich farming district through which he
passed. Amusing stories without end are
told Of the Morgan scare, as it Is called to
this day. Events so exciting as it was occur
not once In century In those happy agri-
cultural regions
The widest rumors fioated hundred miles
away from the point where he really was. As
soon as he came to q railway station it was
his habit to take possession Of the telegraph,
AID send false messages OF his whereabouts
along the line Accurately too had he in
formed himself Of his projected route. When
his followers approached q town some one or
more Of them would frequently be recog-
nized as strangers who had visited the town
few days previous On some pretext OF bust
ness. So adroit were they In framing such
pretsxtA that none suspected them OF being
Morgans spiea
At Ccrydou, Ind, the commander Of one
part of MorganAs forcs was, recognized as
young man who had lately spent several
weeks In their midst. Another officer was
one who had even tak.sn a hand at working
on the Notifications hastily thrown up to
protect the town against Morgan
The willy raider contrived to keep the com
munities paralyzed with confusion. Even
away In Illinois the Morgan scare" ex-
tended At an Min0is wedding, 400 miles
away from the sceIse OF Morgan's exploits,
the boys Of the neighborhood executed a
rural charivari for the newly welded pair.
Assailing their residence with tin horns,
whistles, pans. and all the varieties OF tin
ware capable Of making q noise, they con-
timed the Internal din till morning. Many
who heard It were persuaded that Morgan
was upon them, and they would believe
nothing else. Who but Morgan could make
such noise as that People fed out of their
houses, hiding In ctrnfields and elsewhere.
An old Scotchman heard the groans and
bowls of the serensding party. BE thought
they were cries Of dying agony from the
wounded
ats awful dreadful" he exclaimed "Ah
mon, but he's long time deeing.H
II numbers and courage could have wiped
J nafG Morpan he vrould have been CAPTURED
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AT BURLINGTON ISLAND.

jackson was 100 miles east Of Cincinnati
The river at Burlington Island was fifty miles
from jackson If he could reach that and
cross he was safe One more ride for it, hot
and hard, and then freedom. His exhausted
men could scarcely hold themselves in their
saddles, but on they went to Burlington
Island, reaching it July 10.
Instead Of the safety they hoped for at
Burlington Island they found only q number
of United States gunboats, with cannon
waiting to open their grim throats against
Morgan and his command. He retreated In
hurried confusion, only to run into the jaws
of the cavalry force upon his flank and rear.
Hobson, Shackelford and Judah had closed
In Tnon him at last And still he managed
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THE ESCAPE.

The night was dark and rainy, and favored
their escapa The hook end rope did their
work well, and In a few minutes after leaving
their tunnel the seven men were in free air.
They separated into three parties, Morgan
and Capt. Hines taking railway train to
Cincinnati
A Union officer Of high rank was on board
the car IN which Morgan and Capt Hines
sat Morgan at once approached him and
engaged him In conversation. As they passed
the state prison the officer remarked:
''That IL the hotel where John Morgan
stops, believe." ayes; and IL is to be hoped
he will stop there, !" answered Morgan. "Let
us drink to him" With this remark Gen
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IFS time vESIEsd Hs own city Of Lexington,
and recstvsd triumphant ovation from
Confederate sympathissER. When Bragg re-
tired sathward after the battle Of Perry
villa In October, 1894 MorEans cavalry
covered bis retreaA-
After that Morgan was quies for time
What be was about may Be gueased from the
20 Mis- Ready. Ths day was Sunday. Nor
gan was promoted TO major generalcy In
thsmorning. and In the evening was mnEried
He won his bride under the very eyes OF Q
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Morgan offered the
q MON officer Q
drink Of fne Ken
lucky whisky. It
was cowteously
accepted, and 50
the night wore
away.
In the dawn the
train approached
Cincinnati Nor
gan pulled the bell
rope, 90 Duke says,
and went out upon
the platfor m.
Hiuea moved to the
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MORGANPS RAID.
Through Kentucky, Indiana
and Ohio in July, 1868.
THE KENTUCKY LOOHINvAR
Thrilling Adventures a Quarter
Of a Century Ago.

4 zhSsaaDd AnIs R5ds and Tso BKIIlIon
DOE~-V worth Of Property Destroyed.
Han BaSs and TN Cans sErsw the
RSAA-aIOrSan's Capture ~ Rev LAsbOa.
saA Imprasoansus In TIE Ohio Psnissa-
0aaET-Hls Roms1EaO Eseap0-1EOEgaa's
LASe RAld.
rs no tine for pleasure.
DoR The aEheH vestl
Up, my mn, and follow
2aEsoa q he WosE -.
eertkO with main snd sn9ght
49, Neath ne noonday splendoR.
Noath TIE gloom OF night
- 0Hke By rock and noadlidA.
B.FikSln wood snd VOID;
L-c By the Ghodowy vallay, >
On wherS MoFEAns WaxhossS
- ThnndeES In The vanl
Cool Who would not die gladly
Be1ido that glorious mani
Paul q. HaynA
On0 Of The moSs romantic and exciting
opisodss q the civ1 war was that famous
cavalry expedition known a. '"Morgan's
eaAd, Ia the Summer OF 1863 The raid b.
gan the lass Of june, In Tennessee, Just south
Of the Ksntucky lima July Q, Morgan and
his man erosssd the Cumberland river at
BwksviIls. hsAdsd northwest through Kan
encky, crosssd the Ohio river 0t Branden-
burg. KY. forty miles below Louisville, July
Q. and entered the state Of Indiana PurSu-
ing . general direction parallel with the
Ohio river. from Eve 70 forty miles
north q e. thsy passed from Indiana into
southern Ohio, approaching within fifteen
milss Of Cincinnati In their Journey. The
ending Of the raid was partly At Burlington
Island. In the Ohio river, July 10. and finally
- New Lisbon, o., July ID
John q Aorganb inhuenc0 ON the conduct
q Gho late war Wa more than e generally
known Il was be who originated mounted
lnfantry fighting. BE originated also cav
airy rald8t those stupondous military rides
which were made % much use Of by both
1ides during the war. The plan was to ride
over long stretches Of country and fall on I'M
Sxpeotod places. The mounted infantry did
not dghS On horseback, thus differing from
cavalry When lighting was to bedone they
diEmounted, formed In line and used thO
regular Infantry armA This mode Of bGSGle,
in . country Of long distances, has undoubted
advantageA
John Hunt Morgan was born In Hunts-
via, Ala, In 1920 When he was four years
old his parents removed to Lexington, KY.
John was the eldest Of q family Of dx
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to slip past them
with a large por-
ton of his COM
mand. The rest,
under Gen. Basil
Duke, 700 men, sur
rendered to Shack
Chords command
after an hours
fighting, near Buff
hngton Island.
Duke sent q flag
of truce to Col
Israel Garrard, of
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gsther. On one
point they dis
agreed bopelessly.
Bragg forbade
Morgan to cross
the Ohio river to
the north side BE
must condne his
operations to Ken
lucky. The expe-
dition left Sparta,
Tenn, June 81,
1863 No sooner
was It out Of hear
ing Of Confederate
headquarters than
Morgan informed
Cen Basil Duke.
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ere he set foot on
Ohio soil The
"home guards" OF
both Ohio and In
diana were ready
to do what men
could But they
were undisciplined
In martial usage
Morgan had ex-
Spected at his
sforce would be
added to from the
supposed large
number Of Con-
federate synpathi-
GerS In the southern
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MORGAN in INDIANA.

Morgan passed through the Indiana towns
of Corydon, Greenville, Palmyra and Salem.
He reached Salem, a railroad town thirty
miles from Louisville, July Q. Here there
was a skirmish, and the Confederates cap
tured $50 home guardn These ''home guards"
seemed to spring like armed men from the
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Soolueu 70 sprung u
soil At Morgan's
approach the gov
errors Of Ohio and
Indiana called on
the men OF their
states to arm them
selves and enlist to
defend their homes
1t Is significant Of
the vast resources
still at command
Of the north that In
forty-eight hours
from the time of the
issuance of Cover
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young and dlstin-
guiahsd Union on
c@who bad sought
hsr hand for years,
carrying on the
prize IN triumph
The Day after the
wedding this Ken
tuoky Lochinvar
left his bride and
fastened back to
camp and feld he
letk hfa britia 70
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never been fully
escertained how It
happened to this
day. but in some
way Morgan and
six Of his officers
obtained each q
fun suit Of citizens
clothes They stole
knives from the
dining table and
dug q tunnel under
meath the floor Of q
cell. The floor was
made Of brick and
cement The tun-
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ca-I;sI. Saw Ia wm.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Is.-Speaker
Carlisle says that he will meet Mr..
Blaine in a joint debate on tie tariff
question if the national committee
consider such step desirable.
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into Indiana His
resources Of mind
searned inhnita His
men carried no
baggage, but sub
sisted on the coun-
try. As fast as
his horses became
worn out he levied
on the rich farmers
for others. thus OBJ
tanning q fresh
Am cunt Whenever
his man needed it
Morgan crossed
~
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and Ohio. Il was ct this time the northern
secession organisation called the Knights Of
the Golden Circle was much talked OF. From
this, st lsa1h Morgan hoped 70 draw By be
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brOthGl In his
young manhood he
m unaffected TO
markAbls powers
q physical endur-
anco and reckless
daring. he was ak
feet high and
weighed l60p0unds
-hO e@Act proper
lion Of haight and
gravity aid 20 BE-
long TO physical
perfection BE was
dark and hand
soma HismAnners
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Kentucky from
south to north in Eve days, his men living on
the Tat Of the land. In his rapid march he
only paused long enough to burn the bridges
over streams behind him, thus delaying his
pursuerB as long as possible. He had another
advantage. in that he took all the fresh horses
he needed as he went, leaving worn out,
sorry hacks behind. When the horses Of the
Union troops became exhausted there were
for them only the broken down animals Nor
gan's men had left
Rapidly as the raider chief Travelled, he
took care to send messenger ahead to pro-
vide for his crossing at the Ohio river The
messenger, Capt Taylor, had with him thirty
or forty men, armed to the teeth When he
reached Brandenburg, the point Of crossing,
little packet steamer, the }. J. Combs, came
putting up the river, on her way to Louis
vile, forty miles above All unsuspicious of
danger, she landed at the Bradenburg wharf
a. usual Instantly Morgan's men took pos
session Of the Combs to press her into service
as = ferrybcaE A large steamer, the Alice
Dean, came up shortly after and shared the
same fate. Thus, with two boats ready, full
steam on, Taylor waited for his chief
John Morgan and his cavalry reached
Brandenburg on the morning of July g But
by this time the state OF Indiana, on whose
soil Morgan would set foot when he crossed
Brandenburg, was thoroughly aroused. Her
''war governor" Oliver Perry Morton, was
then at thehead of affairs Capt Hines, of
Morgan's men, had crossed the river ahead
Of his chief and had done some foraging and
destroying, enough to arouse the state.
Governor Morton at once made active
preparations to receive the invader.
When, therefore, Morgan crossed the river
at Brandenburg he found citizens and state
militia arming themselves with all speed.
Foes were around him, and foe, relentless
and untiring, was steadily creeping up behind
him, coming closer and more close.
Morgan crossed part Of his men into Indi-
ana Warning had been SAINT to Louisville,
and just in the midst OF the ferrying over a
gunboat steamed down the river upon the
on the Indiana side, without their horses.
The rest, with Morgan and all the horses,
were yet on the Kentucky side.
The gunboat began Smelling the hills on
his PARROT guns and fired into the gunboak
His men were protected behind the ridges
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WIZ al s...i 'e'StIi,ls'I the ferryinr n,
asr;t ~ the l,,irfrIi was ought OF sight lie
uui'ri,t ia, ,-.r'~-'Ug WAS accomplished he
uuri,sI ti,, Ia ~ steamers that had served
hIn In s'iru Alor! s,ea,i and hurried Oh up
tErHtsh ;1llau1 SiIShIly DOrthwaTd, then
.:.S; ward tie ha, sii'Ieb to his numbers by
recruiting as he Travelled, AMI he now entered
southern Indians With 10 cannon and 1000
horSemen. Gen IiohsOn. bot on his track,
reached the river bank at Brandenburg just
IN time to behold the dying embers of the
steamers upon the Indiana shore
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