Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-07-28
IS. a great nuisance.


time soldier passed through tn,
train, as he knew that the guarG
would have discovered that the meI
were missing when he made one o
his tours Of inspection. The trair
was due in Cincinnati at six in the
| morning and as this was the hour
when they came out of the cells fol
breakfast their escape would sure
ly be discovered then. Owing to
the delay at Xenia the train was
running fast to make up lost time
and at six Morgan went to Hines
| and said, cit is after six, the
alarm will be out and if we go to
| the depot we will be dead men. We
| might just as we'll take chance
| and jump off,"
They went to the rear car and
| Morgan said, Jump, Hines!"
and off went Hines; then Morgan
jumped. Both rolled over and over,
and as luck would have it neither
was hurt, but they alighted near
some soldiers who came UP to them
and said, g.. What in the hell do
you mean by jumping off the cars
here?" Morgan replied, What in
| the hell is the sense in going into
town when I live near here, and be-
sides what business is it of yours?"
They went down to the river at
once and found skiff, butait had
no oars in it. A boy came along
and Morgan asked him what he
wanted, and the boy said he was
waiting for a load. When asked the
price of a load he answered, "two
collars Morgan told him they
were tired and hungry and in a
hurry and he would give him two
dollars to take them over and the
boy did so at once. Morgan knew
Miss --, who was friend of
his, lived somewhere close and ask
ed the boy if he knew where. The
boy showed them where she lived
and they went there and had fine
breakfast, obtained some money
and horses and headed south into
Kentucky.
AS they went along they met
many they knew and all were anX-
ious to assist them and they stayed
near Louisville for several days
getting clothing and other things
they wanted and then went south to
Bardstown where a federal regiment
had just arrived looking for them.
They stayed there three or four
days and then started on further
south, disguised as government cat
tie contractors, and bought lot of
cattle.
At length they reached the Ten
nessee river and found they could
not get across, as it was strongly
guarded all along, but at length,
with the aid of some who knew him,
raft was made and Morgan and
gave a negro $40 to swim his horse
across and he did so but nearly
drowned the horse in getting him
over, as the river was up and it took
an hour to swim the horse across.
The horse was cold and weak
and Morgan put blanket on him
and was walking him to warm him
up when he said he had a present
ment he would be attacked and call
ing to Hines told him of it, they
started to saddle up at once and
while tightening the girths shots
were fired at them and they heard
the whine of the mimic balls near.
They mounted and rode away as
fast as they could with a whole reg
iment of federals firing on them.
but no shot took effect on either
man or horse.
1t was getting dark and raining,
but Morgan knew pickets would be
on every road, so he determined to
run the gantlet. Morgan dismount-
i,
and Hines followed, riding. Before
he was aware. he ran into a picket
but found that he was tired out and
asleep, SO they passed him and went
On to the house of man Morgan
knew to be a Union sympathizer.
Morgan passed himself off as I'm
ion quartermaster on the way to
Athens to purchase sugar and cof-
fee The lady of the house had
been in bed but when she heard Nor
gan say coffee, she got UP and came
out in her night gown and said,
g.. Thank God for that, We amt
had any real coffee up here for God
knows how long,"
She dressed, built a fire and cook
ed them a good meal. Morgan re-
marked that he understood some
Rebels had tried to cross the river
that afternoon and the woman told
him that it was so but the federals
had killed some Of them and had
driven the others back. Morgan
then said he thought a few had
made it across and she told him
that was also true, but they had
been driven up into the mountains
and would not be able to get down
without being caught. Morgan told
her it was very important that he
get through to Athens by tomorrow
or he would lose the sugar and cof-
fee and was afraid to go down the
road lest his own men might shoot
him.
The woman did not want to lose
that coffee and sugar so she had her
husband guide them round about
way, seven miles through the woods
to the main road Morgan wrote.
g.. The fact l gave him $40 in gold
might have had some influence in
persuading him to lead US, for the
night was wet and cOld....'
He had quite number of ad~
ventures and escapes and reached
another river They had to find
out where they were, so Hines went
up to the house while Morgan stay
ed out in the woods. A troop of
cavalry came up behind him, but
he slipped into a thicket and they
went by without seeing him. Hines
made break for it and some of the
cavalry took after him and it was
not known whether he was killed or
escaped. Morgan wrote, "...It is
sad to think that Hines should be
captured or killed after SO many
brave efforts, not only in his own
hoha1f FOR If was chiefly owing TO