The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-09-11
MORGAN'S RAIDERS.
THE FAMOUS ROUGH RIDING CAM
PAl6N or THE civil WAR


crate CAuse,
Cavalry riding" said the major. "i'
exciting, hut very cNhRusting business
Long distance raids In an enemy
country can hc made only whcrc thcrr
ar,' a guci many horses John Morgan
coali never have made his raid
through Indiana and ohio In lSC1 II
tine counties raldrd had not h,rn we'll
supplied with the hest horses IN the
west When he started FROM the Cum
btrland river. In east Tennessee, Nor
gan believed tha, he would sweep
everything hctor him nnd that II
properly supported. he would capture
Clpcunau
MORGAN, with we'll organized hri.
gnde ot cavalry i.OsO strong. swept
uorthward from the Cumberland river
through Kentucky 10 the ohio river az
Rrandcuhrrg. 10 miles below Louis,
willie. There he captured two steam
boats. croSstd the river, swept through
southern indiana. eallopcd around Gin.
clnnatl, not morr than ten miles from
the city, and then moved eastward.
expecting 60 cross the ohio river AZ
Burlington. hut was driven back made
another attrmpt at Wyllsy,llr. but was
finally captured at New Lisbon.
This was the mos, rrmarhahlc raid
" the war 1t carried panic and con.
fusion into Ohio ami Indiana. but In
results il was W no benefit whatever
TO the Confederate cause Morgan he.
llcycd that there would hc an uprising
in the Confederate interest IN Ken.
tucky. There WAS not llc believed
that the peace Democrats Ia Ohio
would give him at least secret support,
but when his men stole the horses uf
the peace Democrats the latter Joined
the ranks Of Morgans pursucrs, and
before the raid was half ovrr the
whole state was aroused. and mcn
who had taken no Interest Ia the war
previous 10 thar time shouldcrCd their
squirrel rides to light 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 lett behind
them n wrcckagr ~ broken down
horses. They kept ahead ot their Tn
ion pursucrs simply because they stole
horses RICH, and LETT and rcmoun,cd
the men. but they werc finally captur.
ed. and that fall Ohio gave the war
party the largest majority In the his.
tory ot the state up 10 that time. In
fact. the Morgan raid, 10y carrying tLc
war into the peaceful districts ot In.
diana and Ohio. provoked Il furious
feeling OF resentment, which lndu-
enccd people Tor 20 years
The comedy " the raid was fur,
nishcd by the people Of the dlstrict'
wholly unused To war. wholly unprc
pared for II and with exaggerated
ideas Of the fcroclty of Morgans men.
For two weeks II was only necessary
for some mlschIcvous hoy 20 shout,
Morgan n coming" IN any village In
central or southern Ohio To create a
panic. | know that many OF the raiders
after Morgan got no rest night or day.
slept In the saddle. and not a few of
them fell of their horses IN sleep AZ
the end Of the raid they wcrr as cI.
haustrd AZ Morgans men but with
a more dIflicult task 20 perform they
never received half the praise given
60 the raiders.
81 remember" continued the major
zone case In which n woman stabbed
her carriage horses In the parlor for
two days 10 keep them ont Of Nor
Ean's hands saw Morgan's men ride
By that house and saw some NJ them
stop to listen at the unusual sound Of
horses fcct on carpctcd floor. but the
parlOr horses were not disturbed. Some
Of our neighbors drove their horses.
cattle and sheep 30 miles into the In
terror aud were away from home n
week. Morgan's men looted right and
lcft, and some OF them had bolts of
calico strapped to their saddlcs when
they were captured.
Morgan. It must be remembered,
made his whole raid with artillery and
Il wagon train. but he was not IN Ohio
TO fight, and he demonstrated at once
the ease with which peaceful district
may be- invaded by n mobile column
and at the same ume the peril lnyoly.
ed In such Il venture. In few days
10000 milItiamcn were In the field
against him, Al first he pIaycd with
these green soldiers. but AT last they
hung on his tanks. eager for fight as
bulldogs In the last days llobson's
men, who had followed Morgan for
Of miles through three states,
closed In on their old enemies with
gleefulncss that exceeded anything Of
the kind | ever saw IN the army, aud
men, closing In on the other
side settled the fate of The raiders
"Morgans men knew by the mnncu.
vcring and the firing when they were
faced by trained soldiers. and the first
charge OF the Union cavalry had in It
the impetus Of delayed vengeance The
Unionlsts who rode IN that charge had
old scores to settle, and Morgan's tired
veterans were overwhelmed. After
Morgan had escaped from the pcnltcn.
tiary at Columbus and had rcorganIzcd
his command and was again raldlng
Kentucky hundreds Of Union soldiers
on their way home for discharge left
their trains and Joined In the pursuit