On November 27, 1863, John Hunt Morgan and six of his officers, most notably Thomas Hines, escaped from their cells in the Ohio Penitentiary by digging a tunnel from Hines' cell into the inner yard and then ascending a wall with a rope made from bunk coverlets and a bent poker iron.
English: Identifier: famousadventures93cabl (find matches) Title: Famous adventures and prison escapes of the civil war Year: 1893 (1890s) Authors: Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925 Pittenger, William, 1840-1904 Richards, A. E. (Adolphus Edwards), 1844-1920 Duke, Basil Wilson, 1838-1916 Willcox, Orlando B Hines, Thomas Henry Moran, Frank E Shelton, W. H. (William Henry), 1840-1932? Wood, John Taylor Subjects: Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916 Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 Libby Prison Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862 Morgan's Ohio Raid, 1863 Publisher: New York : The Century Co. Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: University of Connecticut Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ficials would, in all probability, know of our escape, and telegraph to intercept us. In fact, they did telegraph in every direction, and offered a reward for our recapture. Instead, then, of going to the depot in Cincinnati, we got off, while the train was moving slowly, in the outskirts of the city, near Ludlow Ferry, on the Ohio River. Groing directly to the ferry we were crossed over in a skiff and landed immediately in front of the residence of Mrs. Ludlow. We rang the doorbell, a servant came, and General Morgan wrote upon a visiting-card, General Morgan and Captain Hines, escaped. We were warmly received, took a cup of coffee with the family, were furnished a guide, and walked some three miles in the country, where we were furnished horses. Thence we went through Florence to Union, in Boone County, Kentucky, where we took supper with Daniel Piatt. On making ourselves known to Mr. Piatt, who had two sons in our command, we were treated with the most A KOMANCE OF MORGANS EOUGH-EIDEES 171 Text Appearing After Image: OVER THE PRISON WALL. cordial hospitality and kindness by the entire family. We there met Dr. John J. Dulaney of Florence, Kentucky, who was of great benefit in giving us information as to the best route. That night we went to Mr. Corbins, near Union, who also had gallant sons in our command,—where we remained concealed until 172 ADVENTUEES AND ESCAPES IN THE CIVIL WAR the next night, and where friends supplied us with fresh horses and a pair of pistols each. On the evening of the 29th of November we left Union with a voluntary guide, passed through the eastern edge of Gallatin County, and after traveling all night spent the day of the 30th at the house of a friend on the Owen County line. Passing through New Liberty, in Owen County, and crossing the Kentucky River at the ferry on the road to New Castle, in Henry County, we stopped at the house of Mr. Pollard at 2 a. m., December 1. Our guide did not know the people nor the roads farther than the ferry, at which point he turned back. Not kn Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.