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Show THE BULLETIN "Morgan the Raider" Rides Again Through Ohio's Peaceful Valleys Years Have Passed Since the Daring Confederate Cavalryman Led His Troopers in a Spectacular Invasion of Northern Soil, But the Memory of His "Terrible Men" Is Still Fresh in the Minds of Many an in the Buckeye State. Seventy-fiv- e Old-Tim- er e Western Newspaper Union I By ELMO SCOTT WATSON little old lady smiled reminiscently as she repeated the question. Do I remember John Morgans raid through here in the summer of 63? As well as though it were only work that morning, comeona came riding like mad. Over the bridge and up the road Farmer Rouia little lad. Bareback he rode; he had no hat; ha hardly stopped to say, men are coining, Frau; "Morgan'! theyre galloping on this way. river I There was the Ohio editor who set out to find Morgan, interview him and get a tremendous scoop." Instead, Morgan found him, took his horse away from him and the angry journalist had to walk 12 weary miles back home. 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AROUND THE HOUSE The lad rode down the valley, and I stood still at the door; The baby laughed and prattled, playing with spools on the floor. Kentucky was out in the pasture. Conrad, my man, was gone. Nearer, nearer. Morgan's men were galloping. galloping on I TarCleaning Rhinestones. nished rhinestone brooches and buckles will look like new if set in gasoline (keep away from fire) for about 15 minutes, then polished with a flannel cloth. Suddenly I picked up baby and ran to the pasture bar; "Kentuck!'' I call: "Kentuckl she knew me ever so far. I led her down to the gully that turns off there to the rlht: I tied her to the bushes; her head was just out of sight. To Clean Soapstone Sink. Wash with ammonia and let stand for 12 hours. Then rub over with linseed oil and your sink will be lovely and bright. If grease ac- As I ran back to the lughouse, at once there came a sound The ring of hoofs, galloping hoofs, trembling over the ground; Coming into the turnpike, out from the White Woman glen Morgan, Morgan, the Raider, and Morgan's terrible men. As near they drew and nearer, my heart beat fast in alarm; But still I stood In the doorway, with baby on my arm. They came; they passed; with spur and whip In haste they sped along Morgan, Morgan, the Raider, and the band six hundred strong. GEN. JOHN HUNT MORGAN, C. S. A. ingum river, a stanch abolitionist, who had been loudest in his boasts of what he would do if that d d rascal Morgan showed his face here. He was one of the first drafted by Morgan to help ferry hia troops across the river. Back and forth he rowed for hours under the hot July sun while the sweat streamed down his face, which was all the redder because of the jibes of the hated Reds." Or they may recall the story of the plucky farm wnman who rode alongside the raiders and gave them a piece of her mind" until one of them gently lifted her from her saddle and rode away leading her horse. She couldnt have been more indignant than the Morgan's raiders on the march. a contemporary drawing In Harper's old-time- rs stag. "VNE is for young figures, one for mature. Both of these dresses are smart and new in fashion, and both are pretty enough to wear when company comes, ps well as for working sent to warn the neighbors, ha isn't a mile behind; He aweeps up all the horses all the horses that he can find. Morgan, Morgan, the Raider, and Morgans terrible men. With bowie knife and pistols, are gat loping up the glen." You see, I was only nine years old then and we old folks always remember best the things that happened when we were children. Father and my two brothers were away when the news came that Morgan and his men were only a few miles outside our town. They said he was taking every horse he could lay his hands on and I remember how Mothers eyes flashed as she said, Well, hes not going to get ours! So I helped her lead Brown Bess and Tony both of them were fine saddle horses into our parlor. Then we pulled down the shades and locked the door and waited . . . But the raiders didnt tarry would but refused to go alone. So Morgan allowed him to take his aunt along and later the boy and his aunt were sent back to their home accompanied by an escort to see that they got there safe. I reckon they Werent so bad if they could do that sort of thing . . . Such are the tales that are still in Indiana and told by Ohio who were living 75 years ago or who heard from the lips of their parents stories of those exciting days when Gen. John H. Morgan, beau sabreur of the Confederacy, led his daring invasion of northern soil and gave the pe9ple of those two states a bad case of the jitters. Not all of these people regard him as the gallant, romantic figure that his admirers depict, for there are still some who recall how a favorite horse vanished up the road in a cloud of dust, never to return. To such folk, John Morgan is still a d d horsethief. But even they can laugh as they recall some of the incidents of that raid. Valiant Bridge Burners. There was the case of the valiant home guards who assembled in one Ohio town to deal the death blow to Morgan. But when half a dozen of his scouts came clattering down the pike, some of these home guards, who had been detailed to defend a bridge, immediately set fire to it and burned it down although there was scarcely a foot of water in the England Has Royal Stag When the red deer of England develops 12 points on his antlers, ha becomes a automatically royal Bright Prints For Your Home Frocks Tm yesteiJuy! (From Kentucky Bella," recitation" a generation ago and which did so much to establish the tradition of Morgan's terrible men," was written by Constance Fenimore Woo Is on, a grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper, the novelist. Its title is the name of the saddle mare who was the prized possession of the woman who tells the story a Tennessee girl who had married a German farmer and came north to live in Ohio. In the summer of 63 I was at TIIE in our town long. You see, the Yankee cavalrymen were hot on their heels and by that time they were trying to find a safe crossing over the river and get back into Kentucky . . . No, I never took much stock in that talk about Morgans terrible men I reckon it was that poem, Kentucky Belle,' we used to recite at school that had the most to do with us people up North thinking they were such rascals. Of course, they did destroy a lot of property and carry off all sorts of things, but I never heard of their mistreating any women or children. In fact, when I think of John Morgan I always like to remember that story of how he asked little Jimmy Crisman to act as a guide for him and the boy said he The poem which was a favorite Weekly.) farmer, sitting atop a load of hay, who met Morgans men as they trotted along the turnpike. They halted his team, stripped the harness from his horses in and left him sitting there on his load of hay speechless with astonishment. The Trooper's Joke. And what a chuckle always accompanies the telling of the story of a timid citizen who sought refuge in his pig pen. A cavalryman spied him crouched down behind the rails. Hi there, Yank!" he sang out merrily. Are you all of the same litter?" A hundred such yarns they still tell in farmhouses and villages in southern Indiana and Ohio about the man who led the Federals, both Union army forces and militia, such a merry chase for 29 days through four states. According to evidence presented in Howard Swiggetts biography of Morgan. "The Rebel Raider" (published by Bobbs Merrill in 1934), he made this raid under direct orders from President Jefferson Davis as a part of the Copperhead conspiracy in the Old Northwest. It was timed to correspond with Lees advance into Pennsylvania and if, as Davis hoped, southern sympathizers rallied to the Stars and Bars as Lee crossed the Mason and Dixon line and Morgan crossed the Ohio, the North's support of Lincolns prosecution of the war would collapse and there would be a demand for peace which the northern President dare not disregard. After a number of skirmishes with Union troops stationed as garrisons of Kentucky towns along the line of march, Morgan reached the Ohio at Bragdcns-burJuly 7, captured two steamboats, drove off 300 Federal militia and .two Federal giinboa: gray-coate- d and then crossed the river to Indiana. He was now in the heart of enemy country, hia force of 1,500 pursued by thousands of Federals from the Kentucky camps, and facing hostile militia, populace and soldiery, wherever he might turn. Descending on Corydon, he found 4,000 militia drawn up to bar his way. He dispersed them and moved on without halting through Salisbury and Palmyra to Salem. Threatened Cincinnati. From Salem he proceeded on up the Ohio, destroying and burning as he went, in an effort to cripple the transportation system and deprive the Federals of their stores. At Versailles he encountered a strong force of enemy troops sent to capture him but eluded them and continued on his way. After threatening Cincinnati, he skirted the city and reached Camp Shady. There he destroyed a large number of Federal army wagons, much forage and other supplies. Continuing east, laying waste to rail lines, he finished his dash through Ohio at Pomeroy. By this time it had become apparent to Morgan that Davis had been deceived as to the power of the Copperheads in the North for they had not rallied to his flag as he had hoped. Instead, as he had pushed on through Ohio, he found the populace celebrating the victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg and most certainly not in a receptive mood toward him and his raiders. By this time it is estimated that fully 25,000 Federal troops were in motion to surround Morgan and his troopers. Even then he might have made his escape into West Virginia but for an unexpected rise in the Ohio that delayed the command and prevented it from crossing the river immediately. While they were compelled to wait. Federal troops and gunboats came up. The raiders pushed further up the river to another ford. Here many crossed before the pursuers caught up, and made their escape. Hemmed in by Federals, the remainder of the command split up in small groups some escaping, captured. General Morgan and a large number of his men escaped, doubled back on the trail and headed toward Athens and Zanesville. Captured by Kentuckian. But the game was almost up. And ironically enough it took a Kentuckian to catch a Kentuckian." For when Morgan was finally surrounded and forced to surrender on July 26, 1863, near Lisbon in Columbiana county, Ohio, the man to whom he surrendered was Maj. George W. Rue of the Ninth Kentucky cavalry of the Union army, a native of Lexington, an old acquaintance of Morgans before the war and an old adversary of his during the first two years of the war. After his surrender, Morgan was sent to Columbus where he was imprisoned in the Ohio penitentiary. Four months later, however, he and six of his men managed to escape and finally reached the Confederate lines in safety. After taking part in some minor engagements in West Virginia and Kentucky, he went to Tenncs see. 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United States, and subject to the And Morgan, Morgan the Raider, laid down hia terrible sword. jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state She kept the boy until it was wherein they reside. dark, then went down to the gully and led out Kentucky Belle. star on her forehead my pretty, gentle lass But I knew that she'd be happy, back in the old blue grass. A suit of clothes of Conrad's with all the money I had, And Kentuck. pretty Kentuck, I gave to the worn-ou- t lad. I guided him to the southward as well as I knew how; , The boy rode off with many thanks and a backward bow; many And then the glow it faded and my heart began to sweUI As down the glen away the went, my lost Kentucky Belle. I kissed the cams In the evening the moon was shining high; were and I both crying I couldn't Baby tell him why But a battered suit of clothing was hanging on the wail. And a thin old horse with drooping head stood in Kentucky's stall. 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