Show K merican M e wi c an d adventurers as by omo elmo scott w watson morgan the raider G ren EN JOHN IL MORGAN had the distinction of leading confederate troops to the farthest point north during the civil war on june 11 1863 his division of about 1500 men crossed the cumberland and started north after several skirmishes with union troops he reached the ohio river on july 7 captured two steamboats drove off federal militia and two federal gunboats gun boats and crossed into indiana this brought him into the heart of enemy territory and his comparatively small force was now pursued by thousands of federals from the kentucky camps being cut off from all sources of supply an all possibility of aid and even of communication or information his further successes are the more remarkable descending on corydon he dispersed militia drawn up to bar his way then he moved on to salem where he tapped telegraph lines and listened to the frantic orders to federal troops to capture him from salem he went on up the ohio destroying and burning in an attempt to cripple union transportation and deprive them of supplies after threatening cincinnati he went around it and reached camp shady where he destroyed many federal army wagons he finished his dash through ohio with federal troops in close pursuit near lisbon ohio he was forced to surrender to maj george W rue A monument now marks the spot commemorating july 26 1863 when the confederate cavalier reached the farthest northern point during the civil war A mile ride MEN have done strange things to hold their jobs marcus whitman rode a horse from oregon to boston a distance of miles to hold his whitman was a doctor who started doing missionary work among the indians of the oregon region in 1835 after seven years he received word that his mission was to be be abandoned presumably because his superiors at boston had a false idea that the territory could not be successfully cess fully colonized since he wanted the situation explained personally to members of the mission board at boston he mounted his horse on october 3 1842 and together with asa lovejoy started a ride that did not end until spring of the following year they had to go south by a roundabout route to avoid hostile indians along the usual way which was through south pass by way of fort uintah in utah then away down into new mexico to taos and santa fe they then followed the santa fe trail to cents fort on the arkansas several times they lost their way and barely escaped freezing to death whitman was nearly drowned swimming his horse across the colorado river their supply of food ran out and they had to kill their pack mules to keep from starving whitman eventually reached bos ton march 30 and convinced the board of missions that their work was needed in oregon many credit Whit mans ride with saving oregon from abandonment to the british colonizers 0 western newspaper union |