The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-19
WITH MORGAN'S MEN
AROUND CINCINNATI
Confederates in Suburbs Of Ohio City-An Elk.
citing Nocturnal hide With Death at the
Head 0f the Column
BY DON M'GREGOR..

On July S. 1868. the Southern Con-
fedcracy seemed about TO be over
whelmed by n succession OF terrible
rcverses. The battle Of Gettysburg
had been fought and lost and Ficks-
burg had just surrendered. The Con-
federacy was cut in two. and one OF
its armies was retreating through
Arkansas while another was falling
hack through Tennessee. At every
point the Federal lines were being
drawn tighter and stronger around
the waning Confederacy Lee. Bragg
and others had. at different times.
broken through these lines and drawn
or driven the Federal armies north
ward. but they were back again on
their old camping grounds in our
Southland. stronger In men and re-
sources than ever before. The situ-
ton was desperate, and nothing but
some desperate deed or the interven-
ton Of Providence could save the
Southern Confederacy. AT this time
our brigade OF cavalry. 1000 strong.
and under the command OF Cen
era1 John II. Morgan. Is on q raid in
Kentucky. and has just reached the
Ohio River.
we cross the river into the State
ward FOR distance OF seventy-flve
or a hundred miles. capturing or
scattering the militia that attempts
TO impede our march, and then uneN-
pectedlY halt and go into camp. We
are now 500 or 400 miles from the
Confederate lines and in the heart
OF the enemy's country and their
great armies lie between us and
safety. The whole North is aroused,
and 100000 soldiers are rushing for
ward to intercept and capture Morgan
and his men, They are coming from
every direction, from the farm and
from the city. from the factory and
from tho school. They are rising In
our very midst, ana the man we see
.fleeing across the fields will soon be a
soldier. armed and in pursuit OF us.
The militia we defeated and scattered
Yesterday Is already reassembling to
join In the pursuit. Yet we remain
iii camp and take our rest as uncon-
eernedly as IL we were safely quar-
tered in our own country.
After a delay Of many hours, we
mount our horses and ride In an
easterly direction. On July La we are
in the State of Ohio. The men arc
tired and the horses jaded. and we
are moving slowly. provolingly so, but
as night comes on our speed increases
and we are soon approaching CincIn-
natl. the headquarters OF burnside and
tho gateway through which pass daily
thousands of Federal soldiers on their
way to re-enforce the armies OF Grant,
Sherman. Rosecrans and Burnside. We
know not how many soldiers are in
Cincinnati, but believe there arc many
thousands, and we expect to have n
Iife and death contest with them be-
fore another sun rises.
The might Is dark and hot; so dark
Wo cannot SEQ our hands before our
faces, and the heat is rendered moro
oppressive by the sitting dust. For a
time our movements are intermittent.
We dash forward and then halt. dash
forward again and halt, What does
this mean? We are told we. have Loaf
our way and arc on tho wrong road.
"a terrible mistake to mako at this
time nnl at this place. After q con
siderable delay our movements he
come constant and rapid again. and
every fcw minutes an order comes down
tho line TO "Closc un! Close up!" and
NO put spurs 20 or horses and gnllop