Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-27
MORGAN'S RAIDERS.
THE FAMOUS ROUGH RIDING CAM
PAiGN OF THE CIVIL WAR.

II carried p0n1c ana COnIubiOh hhtO
Ohio and Indiana, hut Resulted In
No Benefit whatever to the COnfed-
crate Cause.
Cavalry riding" said the major, 4s
! exciting. but very exhausting business.
Long distance raids In an enemy's
country can be made only where there
are good many horses. John Morgan
could never have made his raid
through Indiana and Ohio in 1863 If
the counties raided had not been well
supplied with the best horses in the
west. When he started from the Cum
berland river, in east Tennessee, Nor
gan believed that he would sweep
i everything before him and that, If
properly supported, he would capture
| Cincinnati.
"Alorgan, with a w-'l organized bril-
gade of cavalry 1000 strong swept
porthward from the Cumberland river
through Kentucky to the Ohio river at
Brandenberg, 40 miles below Louis
vile. There he captured two steam
boats, crossed the river, swept through
southern Indiana, galloped around Gin
cinnati, not more than ten miles from
the city, and then moved eastward,
expect:ng to cross the Ohio river at
Burlington, but was driven back, made
another attempt at Wellsville, but was
finally captured at New Lisbon.
'rhis was the most remarkable raid
of the war. 1t carried panic and con-
fusion into Ohio and Indiana, but In
results it was Of no benefit whatever
to the Confederate cause. Morgan be-
lieved that there would be an uprising
in the Confederate interest in Ken
lucky. There was not. He believed
tint the peace Democrats in Ohio
would give him at least secret support,
but when his men stole the horses OF
the peace Democrats the latter joined
the ranks of Morgan's pursuers, and
before the raid was half over the
whole state was aroused, and men
who had taken no interest in the war
previous to that time shouldered their
, squirrel rifles to fight the raiders who
were stealing their horses and carry
, ing the horrors Of war to their very
doors.
"There was hard riding all the time
for Morgan's men. They left behind
them wreckage Of broken down
, horses. They kept ahead Of their Tn
! ion pursuers simply because they stole
i, horses right and left and remounted
l the men, but they were finally captur
ed. and that fall Ohio gave the wal
r party the largest majority in the his
| ~, IN RI III
: fact, the Morgan raid, by carrying tn
r war into the peaceful districts of In
. diana and Ohio, provoked furious
i feeling of resentment. which infiu
J, enced people for 20 years.
e "rhe comedy of the raid was fur
e nished by the people of the district
J. wholly unused to war. wholly unpre
I pared for it and with exaggerated
!, ideas of .he ferocity of Morgan's men
= For two weeks 1t was only necessar.
r for some mischievous boy to shout
', Morgan Is coming!' in any village II
d central or southern Ohio to create
t. panic. 1 know that many Of the raider
after Morgan got no rest night or day
. slept in the saddle. and not few Q
Z. them fell OF their horses In sleep. A
the end eoffthe raid sfiey were as 'e1
d hausted as Morgan's men. but wit
K a more difficult task to perform the
d never received half the praise give
e to the raiders.
3 II remember" continued the majo
ID lone case in which woman stable
II her carriage horses in the parlor fo
" two days to keep them out OF Mo-
ID CAMS hands. saw Morgan's men rid
IL by that house and saw some OF thel
e. stop to listen at the unusual sound {
h. horses feet on carpeted floor, but tn
v. parlor horses were not disturbed. Som
of our neighbors drove their horse
1t cattle and sheep 30 miles into the II
Of terror and were away from home
d. week. Norgan's men looted right an
I'D left, and some of them had bolts
n. calico strapped to their saddles whe
g they were c;s?tured.
" Morgan. it must be remembers
ig made his whole raid with artillery an
a wagon train. but he was not in On
ok to fight, and he demonstrated at on
or the ease with which peaceful distri
I'd, may he invaded by mobile colun
at and at the same time the peril invol
~ ed in such venture. In few da.
nd $4,000 militiamen were in the he
I'D against him. At first he played wi
ng these green soldiers, but at last tn
tn hung on his tanks. eager for fight
an bulldogs. In the last days HobsoI
IN. men. who had followed Morgan I
as hundreds Of miles through three state
II closed In ON their old enemies with
nd gleefulness that exceeded anything
3D. the kind l ever saw in the army, al
ny Judah's men. closing in on the oth
ng side. settled the fate Of the raiders.
ic- "Morgan's men knew by the name
DIV vering and the firing when they we
we faced by trained soldiers. and the I'll
lis charge of the Union cavalry had IN
de- the impetus of delayed vengeance. i
Unionists who rode in that charge
nd old scores to settle. and Morgan's tir
he veterans were overwhelmed. AT
Il. Morgan had escaped from the penitt
tiary at Columbus and had reorganiz
his command and was again raldi
kentucky hundreds Of Union soldi'
m tho,r nav homo for discharge II