The evening times., 1901-01-26
A CIVIL WAR ROUGH RIDER.
John Morgan's BaidIns with His
Strong Cavalry Force.
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RON the NtlcaGo ilseI -N'Ceal3J
Cavalry riding" said the major is
exciting. but vey exhausting business.
Long distance raids in an enenly's country
can be made only where there are a sood
many horses John Morgan could never
have made his raid through Indiana an.
Ohio in 1868 il the counties raided had nut
been we'll supplied with the best horses IL
the West Nuen he started from the
Cumberland River II east Tennessee,
81 gan believed that He would sweep ty--
crythiug before him. and that if properly
supported he would capture Cincinnati
Morgan, with d WaIl-oTgs mixed brigade
of cavalry 100 strong swept noI Inward
from the Cumberland River tn 0uGh Ken
tUclSy to Ihe Ohio River At Brdndeuber--
forty miles below Louisville Tn5-e h
captured two steamboats, crossed the
river, swept through southern Indiana,
SaIOped around Cincinnati. not moe jEan
zen miles from the city and then moved
eastwad.- expecting to cross the Ohio
River at Burlington. hut was driven back.
made another attempt ~ WtlIsViIie. but
was finally captured at New Lisbon
4 his was the most TzClarkaD-- raid OF
the war Il carried panic ana caGfuSion
into Ohio and Indiana, but III -uits It
was of no benefit whatever to iE- Con
federate cause. Morgan believed there
would be uprising in the Confederate
interest in Kentucky. There was not lie
believed that the Copperheads in Chio
would give him at least secret sup
port. but when his men stole the
horses Of the Copperheads, or the
peace Democrats. the latter Joined me
ranks of M0rgen'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 10 that lime
Shouldered their squirrel rifieS to fight the
raiders who were stealing their horses
and carrying the horrors OF war TO their
very doors.
There was hard riding all the time for
Murgan'S men They left behind them \
wreckase of broken down horses They
kept ahead of their Union pursuers Il N
ply because they stole horses right and
left and remounted the men, but they Were
finally captured. and that fan Ohio gave
the war party the largest majority in the
history Of the State up to that time In
fact. the Morgan raid. by carrying the war
into the peaceful districts of Indiana and
Ohio. provoked furious feeling Of resent
mcat, which influenced people for twenty
Years
The comedy Of the raid was furnished
by the people Of the districts wholly IN
used 70 war wholly Uuprepared for il. and
with exaggerated ideas Of the ferocitE Of
MoTEaG's men. For two weeks il WAS
only necessary for some miSchieVouS boy
to shout Morgan IS Comiugr in any vi
lage in central or southern Ohio 10 create
a panic. I know that many OF the riders
after Morgan got no rest night or day
slept in the saddle. and not d few OF them
fell Of their horses in sleep. At the end
of the lid they were as exhausted as
Morgan'S men, but with a more difficult
task to perform they never received hair
the praise given 10 the raiders.
y remember continued the major
one case in which q woman stabbed her
carriage horses in the parl0F for TWO days
10 keep them out of Morg3n's hands [
saw AiOTgaD'S men ride by that house,
and saw some Of them step to listen at
the unusual sound OF horses feet on 4
carpet floor. but the par5Or horses we're
not disturbed. Some OF our neighbo-s
drove their horses. cattle and sheep thirty
miles into the interior and were aWs-E
from home q week MOrs8n'S men looted
right and left, and some Of them had bo--s
OF calico strapped 10 their saddles when
they were captured.
Morgan. il must be remembered. MADE
his whole raid with artillery and wagon
train. but he was not In Ohio to fight, ana
ne demonstrated at once the ease with
which q peaceful district may be invaded
by mobile column. and At the same time
the peril involved in such a venture In
a few days 5P.t1g militialeu were in the
field against him. At first ne played with
these green soldiers. but a. last they hung
on his TANKS. eager for fight sS bulldogs
In the last days HObSOn's men. who had
followed Morgan for hundreds Of miles
through three States. closed in on their
Old enemies with a gieefUlaess that eX-
ceeded anything OF the kind ] ever saw in
The army. and JUdah-S men. closing in on
the other side, settled the fate OF the
'Bforsan's men knew by the uaneuvrinez
and the firing when they We're faced by
trained soldiers. and the first charge of
the Union cavalry had in IL the impetus
OF delayed vengeance. The UnioniSts who
rode in that charge had old scores TO set
tie. and MoTgan's tired veterans were
overwhelmed After Morgan had escaped
from the penitentiary al Columbus and
had re0rganized his command and was
again raiding Kentucky. hundreds Of
Union soldiers on their way home for dis
charge left their trains and Joined in the
pursuit simply 10 get . crack at the old
raider, and Morgan knew when their rites
spoke that ne was up against the real
thing"