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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B41_morgans-raid-route_Pomeroy-OH.html
General John Hunt Morgan led a force of 2,000 Confederate cavalrymen into Meigs County during a raid north of the Ohio River. More than 500,000 Union troops and militia pursued Morgan across Ohio. Colonel Basil Duke wrote that while passing nea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B3Y_morgans-raid-route_Pomeroy-OH.html
General John Hunt Morgan led a force of 2,000 Confederate cavalrymen into Meigs County during a raid north of the Ohio River. More than 50,000 Union troops and militia had been in pursuit of Morgan across Ohio. Near this site on July 18. 1863,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B35_captain-joseph-c-mcelroy_Racine-OH.html
Born at Oak Grove, prospected in the California goldfields in 1849. During the Civil War he raised a militia company at Racine, and was later promoted Captain of Co. K. 18th O.V.I. After the war, he served on the Racine Village council, Sheri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B2F_bashan_Long-Bottom-OH.html
On July 18, 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his Confederate raiders rode through Bashan on their way to Buffington Island. At the Old Bashan Church crossroads, they encountered a funeral party. Morgan stopped his column and, out of re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B27_birthplace-of-ambrose-bierce_Reedsville-OH.html
An influential American journalist of the late nineteenth century, Ambrose Bierce (1842 c. 1914) was born in Meigs County and reared in Kosciusko County, Indiana. He fought in the Union Army during the Civil War, a formative experience related …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B25_morgans-raid-route_Long-Bottom-OH.html
General John Hunt Morgan led 2,00O Confederate cavalrymen into Meigs County on July 18, 1863, during a 45-day raid north of the Ohio River. In pursuit, Union forces under Gen. James M. Shackelford and Col. Frank L. Wolford deployed near Bashan …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21QS_capture-in-columbiana-county_Portland-OH.html
End of the Longest Raid Under fire from three directions, Morgan and his troops scrambled for cover by following the River Road upriver in hopes that they could cross at another ford. Confederate Colonel Basil Duke brought up the rear but the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21QR_modern-day-buffington-island_Portland-OH.html
The Battle Site Then and Now The Battle of Buffington Island did not take place on the island in the Ohio River. Rather, Confederate and Union troops fought in this area. Much of the battlefield has not changed and continues to be used for fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21QQ_confusion-and-panic_Portland-OH.html
A Naval River Blockade As darkness and dense fog set in on July 18, Morgan's men stopped to rest in the fields near Portland. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Commander Leroy Fitch and his tinclad U.S.S. Moose headed upstream from Pomeroy and anchored a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21QP_in-grateful-remembrance_Portland-OH.html
Public-spirited Meigs countians whose names are perpetuated below, through their generosity made possible the acquisition of a 1.5 acre tract which is incorporated within this public State Park. The prehistoric Indian Mound, standing on the area s…
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