Buffington Island
Battlefield Preservation Foundation

John H. Morgan's brother-in-law Basil Duke mentioned in his history of Morgan's cavalry that the command consisted of 2,460 men when they set out on the Indiana-Ohio Raid in late June or early July (depending on one's point of view about where the raid actually started). The accepted number of Confederates present at Buffington Island is 1,820 men (The Battle of Buffington Island Self-Guided Driving Tour brochure). Capturing accurate unit strengths, particularly when determin

Most accounts one reads about John H. Morgan's Indiana-Ohio Raid will mention that Morgan's command included four artillery pieces - two 3-inch Parrott rifles (also known as 10-pounder Parrotts) and a pair of 12-pounder howitzers, However, the 3-inch version of the Parrott was not manufactured until later in the war and the pair that Morgan had, captured from the Thirteenth Indiana Battery at the Battle of Hartsville, were actually earlier model 2.9-inch Parrotts. By the time

While not directly related to the Great Raid, Thomas Hines, one of Morgan's most trusted scouts, raided Indiana in June 1863 in an effort...

Confederate Brigadier General John H. Morgan’s 1,930 men are awakened from their disturbed slumber around 3:00 am. A thick fog had...

Today becomes a race between Morgan’s raiders and Union forces to get to the Ohio River ford at Buffington Island, which is found a half...

Brigadier General John H. Morgan’s Division of Confederate cavalrymen and artillerymen scour Jackson, Ohio, this morning for food,...

Confederate brigadier general John H. Morgan’s raiders ride out of Locust Grove, Ohio, about 7:00 am. Their goal today is to cross the...

Today begins the race for an Ohio River crossing, the last of four major barriers that Confederate general John H. Morgan had identified...

Brigadier General John H. Morgan’s 2,000 Confederate troopers and five artillery pieces continue their non-stop night march around the...