The National tribune., 1901-12-19

Morgan unhesitatingly acceded to the rea-
scnable request In the interim, while
the nOn-bellicose people were being re-
moved. the General made detour, lead
ing the column around to the dupont
road The dctachmentS then were with
drawn. burning bridge or two, however,
before rejoining the column.
Morgan always cut the telegraph wires
and burned all bridges behind him. When
he had gone, the native population, men,
women and children, would emerge from
the caves in the hills" and solemnly,
Inaylap angrily. view the destruction
made by war
''Gone was fhe bridge that archcd the
Where once the embattlcd farmers
stood
Morgan now began to set faster pace
than had characterized his march on pre-
vio,is days. After making the circuit OF
Vernon the command marched rapidly and
continuously until midnight, when it went
into camp for brief rest, moving again
Mt !. o'clock in the morning, and passing
through Dupont Just after day-dawn- AT
this MACE was Il large meat-packlng es
tablishment. and the men, more provldent
than soldiers usually are, appropriated a
great surplus of hams for Il rainy day.
They were not especially hungry, but they
wanted those hams, and, although they
were burdensume 80 the weary horses,
nearly every man had a ham swinging
frof1 his saddle-some had two.
Al through Indiana and ONO Morgan
r.rn found forage and provisions in album
dance. Very rarely they found an entire
family at home, but almost invauably
the hospitable "a people had left a plen-
Tenus supply OF bread and pie and cake
and sother edihles invitingiy displayed IN
kitchen and dining hall. The quantity
was great and the quality good' Inc
Morgan cavalrymen not having been &C
,.1sfniiied to such bill of fare in Dixie
land, fully appreciated the Indiana and
Ohio menu.
II. the fieeting horscmen from Dixie
fareI so well in the land of the Zoe,
what must have been the meilihuence
that greeted Gen. Hobson's pursuing cav
airy in the land Of their friends. When
the cayairymen in blue came following
closely the trail of the men in gray the
citizens were ut their homes to give them
glad welcome and wishing them good
speed. They enjoyed a continuous oVa-
Iion and certainly 4 prolonged banquet,
mnyjng Col. Theodore f. Allen, of the
9TH Ohio Cav. to write his memorial
story six Hundred Miles Of Fried Chick
en and Blackberry Pie"
What especially and solemniy I'M
pressed the thoughtful men of Morgans
,-onmand was the dense population, ap-
parriitly untouched by the demands OF
the war. The country was full, the towns
we're full, and the ranks of the militia
were fall. Fully 10000 militia were seen
in one day, posted at different points, the
'.CstJpcrhrads" and ''Vallandighammers
appsrontly fighting more Viciousiy than
the elect" Plainly these invaders were
ftcis:; q condition, not theory. Pardon
ehlySL think, ! can here point with pride
1, the fact that, in a land swarming with
an. htrrnpd
one private dwelling en- route from Alex
andria to Burlington Island, and they were
firctpsIpUn from that one. However, they
lid some other things TO which i do not
point with pride. Their sins were many;
and eGrom personal observation and his
tory'4 know that there were sInners other
thaI.rAIoreaH's men in the civil war.
From Dupont the Confederate cavaliers
marched steadily all of that day, July II,
burning the bridges near Versailles and
dispensing several hundred militia that
Lad assembled to defend the town. With
out stopping the weary troopers marched
the greater part of the succeeding night,
resting an hour or two toward morning at
Suuimansville, on the o. & NJ. Railroad,
- miles from Harrison. Moving again,
..t = !. H.. they arrived at Harrison about
q. ~, July l3.
1 think il best to let Gen. Duke tell
the story of the
CRITICAL MARCH AROUND CINCINNATI.
HIRE (at Harrison) Gen. Morgan be-
eJa TO manHycT for the benefit of the
commanding officer at Cincinnati He took
It for granted-fGr it was utterly impos-
Sb,e, moving as rapidly as we were
forced to do, and IN the midst of Il strange
sad hostile population, TO get positive in
formation regarding any matter-that
there was q strong force Of regular troops
~. L. l.,..
s,Ot Ear of, and Gen. Morgan supposed
that thcy would be brought there.
IL he could safely get past Cincinnati
ie Thought the danger OF the expedition
would be more than half over. Here he
'zpcrtrd to he confronted 10y the cOncen-
trated forces Of Judah and Burnside, and
isr anticipated great difficulty in eluding
ar cutting his way through them. Once
;;iroiigh this peril his escape would be
s-i.rlaiI. unless the river remained so high
that the transports conld carry troops to
Htrr,c cTt him at the upper crossings. The
saYalry following in his rear could not
6yrftake BIN as long as he kept in mo-
tiDn. aud the infantry could not be trans
;.DEicd so rapidly by rail TO the eastern
part of the State that it could be coneeD-
tratnd in sufficient strength to stop him.
Ills object, therefore, entertaining these
views and believing that the great effort
- capture him would be made as he
crossed the ltdHtflton & Dayton ltallf0uu,
was to deceive the enemy as to the exact
point where he would cross this road and
dcnudc that point as much as possible
at troops. He sent dctachments in va
rieus directions. seeking to create the i'm
preston that he was marching TO Hamil
ton.
After two or three hours halt at Har
fisOu the division moved directly toward
''igciunati, the d"iachmcnts coming in be
sore. night. Hoping that his previous
demonstrations would induce the sending
so the bulk OF the troops up the road, and
that il any were left at Cincinnati
hjs subsequent threatening movements
would cause them TO withdraw into the
city. remain on the defensive, and per
uiit him TO pass around il without attack
Jag him, the General sought to approach
rs near the city as possible without ac
ta3iiy entering il and involving his com
Snsld in tight with any garrison tha
might he there. lie has been sometime
accused OF lack of enterprise in no
capturing Cincinnati 1t must be remem
tered that Cincinnati was not the oh
tective point OF this raid; it was not un
dertaken to capture that city. Gen. Moi
gam knew nothing, and. in the nature O
things, could know nothing of the cor
ditien Of affairs in the city, or whether
vas weakly or strongly garrisoned. Start
Ing that morning from point 80 mile
distant from Cincinnati, and reaching tn
vicinity OF the city after nightfall, b
must have possessed more than huma
means of obtaining information had b
NL s.,l