Morgan's Raid Route / Meigs County Courthouse

Morgan's Raid Route / Meigs County Courthouse (HMIYB)

Location: Pomeroy, OH 45769 Meigs County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 1.654', W 82° 2.037'

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Pursuers converge at Pomeroy

Side A: Morgan's Raid Route
Pursuers converge at Pomeroy
As Morgan's Raiders rode eastward across southern Ohio during the third week of July 1863, the scattered defensive forces pursuing him consolidated and drew closer. Four regiments under Brigadier General Eliakim P. Scammon (including the 23rd Ohio, containing future U.S. Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley Jr.) arrived here by steamboat on July 18, preventing Morgan from entering Pomeroy. Brigadier General Henry Moses Judah's division also arrived in Pomeroy on July 18, immediately marching east following Morgan. Following Morgan's defeat at Buffington Island on July 19, both Judah and Brigadier General Edward H. Hobson returned to Pomeroy and headquartered at the Grand Dilcher Hotel. Of the approximately 900 Confederate prisoners captured in Meigs County, 227 were held here at the courthouse before being sent downriver to Cincinnati.

Side B: Meigs County Courthouse
Meigs County was formed in 1819 from parts of Washington, Athens, and Gallia counties, with its first county seat at Middleport. The county seat moved to Chester in 1823 and to Pomeroy in 1841. Obtaining the Scioto County Courthouse plans for $15, the commissioners built the new courthouse as a twin to the Portsmouth structure at a cost of $5,200. Now surrounded by later additions, it was completed in 1848. The Greek Revival courthouse was extensively remodeled in 1877 by adding the flanking wings, spiral stairways, columns, and a two-story portico capped with a bracketed cornice in the Italianate style. The street level was lowered and the basement level excavated to provide three full stories. Each floor is accessible by a ground level entrance.

Details

HM Number	HMIYB
Series	This marker is part of the Ohio: Ohio Historical Society series
Tags	Government, Heroes, Military, Buildings, Events, People, Patriots and Patriotism, Political Subdivisions, US Civil War
Marker Number	12-53
Year Placed	2001
Placed By	The Meigs County Historical Society, Meigs County Commissioners, Ohio Travel and Tourism, and The Ohio Historical Society
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Monday, September 22nd, 2014 at 6:26pm PDT -07:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	17S E 410502 N 4320344
Decimal Degrees	39.02756667, -82.03395000
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 39° 1.654', W 82° 2.037'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	39° 1' 39.24" N, 82° 2' 2.22" W
Driving Directions	Google Maps
Area Code(s)	740
Closest Postal Address	At or near 100-112 W 2nd St, Pomeroy OH 45769, US
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