The Longest Raid of the Civil War : Little-Known & Untold Stories of Morgan's Raid into Kentucky, Indiana & Ohio

by HORWITZ LESTER V.

• ISBN13: 9780967026701
• ISBN10: 0967026709
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Farmcourt Pub Inc

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
James A. Ramage
Preface	viii
Why the Raid?	1	(5)
Getting Ready for Battle	6	(7)
Kentucky
Crossing the Cumberland Twice	13	(6)
Cumberland County
``Naked as Jay-Birds!''	19	(3)
Adair County	21	(1)
Taylor County
An Ominous Sign	22	(7)
Marion, Washington & Nelson Counties	27	(2)
``Twenty-Five Damned Yankees''	29	(5)
Treachery Within the Ranks	34	(3)
Bullitt, Jefferson, Hardin & Meade Counties
A Feint Toward Louisville	37	(3)
To the River	40	(7)
Get Across the Ohio and Burn the Boats!	47	(8)
Military Study of Brandenburg Crossing	53	(2)
Indiana
Clark & Floyd Counties
Confederate Thunderbolt Strikes Indiana and Ohio	55	(5)
Harrison County
The Battle of Corydon	60	(20)
Military Study of Battle of Corydon	71	(9)
Washington County
The Hoosier Zigzag	80	(12)
Jackson & Scott Counties	84	(2)
Jennings & Jefferson Counties	86	(6)
Dupont Pays the Price	92	(6)
Ripley County	96	(2)
Dearborn County
Last Day in Indiana	98	(8)
Ohio
Hamilton County
Harrison Shopping Spree	106	(4)
Let's Split!	110	(3)
Waiting for Morgan	113	(7)
``Veiled'' Threat in Glendale	120	(3)
While Sherman Slept	123	(3)
Camp Dennison's 600-Gun Salute	126	(5)
Thoroughbreds in Trade	131	(6)
Clermont County
An Unscheduled Train Stop	137	(3)
A Romance of Morgan's Rough Riders	140	(5)
Williamsburg, the First Good Rest in Weeks!	145	(4)
Mayor Leads Cincinnati Cavalry	149	(5)
Brown County
Colonel Morgan Visits Georgetown	154	(5)
Beeline for Buffington	159	(5)
Adams County
Winchester's ``Fenced In''	164	(5)
Pike County
``Axes to the Front!''	169	(5)
McDougal's Fatal Encounter	174	(3)
A Bridge Beyond	177	(5)
Jackson County
Newspaper Wars	182	(6)
Vinton County
``Our Last Night in the North''	188	(3)
The U.S. Navy, the Union's Secret Weapon	191	(4)
Gallia County
Vinton Loses Its Bridge	195	(1)
Meigs County
Last Lap to Freedom	196	(5)
The Pomeroy-Middleport Gauntlet	201	(6)
The Net Tightens	207	(4)
In a Fog	211	(3)
The Battle at Buffington Island	214	(6)
Morgan Escapes, Duke Captured	220	(5)
Mopping Up	225	(4)
Capture and Surrender. A Partial Victory	229	(8)
Military Study of Battle of Buffington Island	234	(3)
``Go On. Save Yourself!''	237	(6)
The Chase to Cheshire	243	(4)
Steamboatin' to Prison	247	(6)
Athens County
Riding the Athens-Meigs County Line	253	(2)
Gallia & Vinton Counties
Give Us Your Guns and Go Home	255	(3)
Hocking & Athens Counties
Starr's & Stripes	258	(4)
Perry & Morgan Counties
Heading for the Muskingum	262	(5)
The Eagleport Crossing	267	(7)
Zanesville Responds	274	(3)
Muskingum County
The Sign of the Freemason	277	(3)
Guernsey County
The Bonnie Blink Ride of Mary McClelland	280	(4)
``The Most Exciting Day in the History of (Old) Washington''	284	(7)
Harrison County
Lincoln's Concern About Morgan	291	(8)
Jefferson County
``I'll Be Damned if I Will Ever Surrender to a Farmer!''	299	(9)
Escape or Capture Tomorrow	308	(9)
Carroll County
Last Shots Fired in Anger	317	(6)
Columbiana County
``Who the Hell Is Captain Burbick?''	323	(8)
``General Morgan Demands Your Surrender!''	331	(9)
Be My Guest	340	(4)
Prison & Escape
Welcome to the Pen	344	(6)
A Letter to Mattie	350	(6)
Breakout from ``Castle Merion!''	356	(9)
Fight to the Finish
A Hero's Welcome	365	(3)
End of the Glory Road	368	(9)
Epilogue	377	(15)
Appendix
Battles & Skirmishes of the Ohio-Indiana Raid	379	(4)
Ohio & Indiana Raid Claims	383	(1)
Morgan's Men Reunite	384	(1)
Battle of Corydon Battlefield	385	(1)
Buffington Island Battlefield	386	(1)
Ohio & Indiana Civilians Killed During Raid	387	(1)
American Presidents Participate in Chase	388	(1)
The Morgan Family	389	(3)
Acknowledgments	392	(6)
End Notes	398	(44)
Index	442