Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-05-10

Einufng his march northward, with our
pursuing force pushing him along. y
We expected Morgan to turn east before
striking the Ohio river, but in this we
were mistaken, as upon arriving at
Brandenburg, some. 40 miles below
Louisville, he seized passing steamboats,
and landed his force in Indiana. Fol-
lowing his trail, we reached Branden-
burg just in time to see Morgsn's rear
guard disappear over the river bank, 60
ing north in Indiana. His rear guard
stopped long enough to wave their hats
at us and bid US goodby. The steam
boats they had used in crossing were at
that moment bursting into flames and
burned to the waters edge, tied fast to
the Indiana shore.
Other steamboats, were hurriedly OBJ
tained, and our pursuing force hastily
transferred across the river, men and
horses being tumbled aboard the boats
in quick order and tumbled off the boats
as quickly when on the other side.
The appearance Of Morgan's men on
the north bank of the Ohio river created
CONSERVATION in Indiana and Ohio. The
governor of Indiana called out the home
guard to the number Of $4,000. and as
Morgan's s advance turned toward Ohio
the governor of the Buckeye State called
90, 900 squirrel hunters into the field.
1t must be borne in mind that in
Morgan's ride across three states in 10
days he swept his line Of march, and
for some distance on each side, absolute
ly clean Of horses, giving his own oom-
mand frequent remounts, but leaving
us, his pursuers, entirely without re-
mount for the whole distance. Boiled
down to few words, Morgan's force
had two horses for every man, while
Hobson had two men to each sadly worn
horse. Morgan's force when it started
| from the Cumberland river was exceed
ingly we'll mounted, having some OF
the best blooded horses from Kentucky
horses capable of long and rapid
marches. He set the pegs for us and
set them high every day. The longest
march made by Morsan's command at
one stretch was 90 miles in "a hours,
this being the jump he made from q
point in Indiana west of Cincinnati to
Williamsburg, o., on the east of Gin
clnpati.
Morgan's force did not exceed $500
troopers when he invaded the states
north Of the Ohio river, possibly 500
less. think 2, 600 would be a fair fig
ure to name for the number of troops
he led into Indiana
On the 18th of July, our regiment,
with the Second Ohio cavalry and the
Eighth Michigan cavalry, all under the
command of Colonel A. V. Kautz, was
pushed ahead of Hobson's column, and
at daylight of July l9 struck Morgan 8
command in the valley of the Ohio river
near Burlington Island, where the en-
emy had been delayed by fogs, waiting
| for daylight to cross the Ohio river. At
the moment of our arrival the forces of
General Judah had also arrived, COM
ing up the valleJ Vi the Ohio river,
while we debouched from the river hills,
and the gunboats vera holding the fords
of the Ohio river.
We were ordered to attack immedi-
ately, and under Colonel Garrard's di-
rectiops l rode back along the line Of
the Seventh Ohio cavalry, ordering the
companies formed into columns of fours.
Our numbers were few, and l remember
Lieutenant Sam B. johnson, who COM
manded Company NJ of our regiment,
told me that he had ouly one set Of
fours Captain William T. Burton OF
Company b bao four or five sets OF
fours OF our entire regiment, 500 OF
900 strong when we started from the
Cumberland river, we did not now
show up over 200 men, the remainder
having been dismounted by reason OF
disabled horses and scattered along our
trail for distance of 500 miles.
When the "guidons" of General
Hobsou's advance fluttered in the breeze
Of the Ohio valley that July morning,
Generals Morgan and Duke knew that
the jig was up. We formed within
plain sight of Morgan force, and with
but slight resistance to the Federal at
tack Morgan's entire force fled in dis
order. We pursued as rapidly as the
condition of our poor horses would per
NIT and many of the enemy seeing that
further effort was useless, their supply
of ammunition being nearly exhausted,
surrendered then and there.
After our pursuit at this point hao
ceased a flag of truce was brought tt
Colnuel Galrard by a Confederate offi.
Ger, who stated that Colonel Howard
Smith and a few other officers and
men of Morgan's command were in the
woods near by, having been cut off from
their command, and knowing the use.
lessneSs of further effort would surren.
der if an officer was sent to receive them.
Adjutant Allen and Lieutenant McCol.
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