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On This Day 11/27/1863
11/21/2009 6:32:27 PM
Confederate Cavalry Raider John Hunt Morgan escapes from the Ohio Penitentiary....
Confederate cavalry raider John Hunt Morgan and several of his men break out of the Ohio state prison and escape safely to the South.
General Morgan was raised in Kentucky and served in the Mexican War under General Zachary Taylor. He was a successful hemp manufacturer before the "Civil War", but he moved to Alabama when Kentucky did not secede with the rest of the South.
General Morgan became a hero in the South when he made four daring raids on northern-held territory in 1862 and 1863. Though these raids were of limited strategic value, they boosted Southern morale and kept thousands of Union troops occupied trying to hunt down General Morgan.
On his last raid, however, his reach exceded his grasp. General Morgan took a large band and headed into Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. After riding past Cincinnati, General Morgan and his men tried to cross the Ohio River back into Kentucky, but they were surprised and routed by a larger of Union troops at Buffington Island, Ohio.
With his escape blocked, General Morgan turned into northeastern Ohio, but was finally surrounded by pursuing Union cavalry at Salineville on July 26, 1863.
General Morgan and several of his top officers were incarcerated in the newly counstructed Ohio State Penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio while the rest of his troops were sent to various Northern prisoner of war camps.
General Morgan and his troops burrowed out of the prison by cutting a hole in the cell of one of the inmates. Below the cellw as a crawl space for ventilation and they tunneled to the outside and journeyed safely to Confederate territory.
General Morgan returned to his cavalry activities in Tennessee after his escape. At Greeneville, Tennessee in 1864, General Morgan fell victim to the same kind of raid that he so often conducted and Union cavalry killed him.
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John Hunt Morgan Confederate Cavalry
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