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The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 13, 1863

Before dawn, Union brigadier general Edward Hobson’s Provisional Division, numbering about 2,500 cavalrymen with six pieces of artillery,...

Jul 13, 202512 min read

By marching his cavalry division the previous afternoon southeast from Vernon to Dupont, General Morgan had unwittingly shortened the...

Jul 12, 20256 min read

This morning, General Hobson’s troops enter Salem, Indiana, barely seven hours after General Morgan’s Confederate rear guard had left...

Jul 11, 20257 min read

By 2:00am, General Edward Hobson’s 2,500-man Provisional Division completes its crossing of the Ohio River at Morvin’s Landing, Indiana....

Jul 10, 20257 min read

As dawn breaks, all 2,100 of General John H. Morgan’s remaining men, horses, wagons, and artillery are on Indiana soil and have moved...

Jul 9, 20256 min read

At 7:00am this foggy morning, Colonel John Timberlake arrives at Morvin’s Landing, Indiana, with 130 men of the Indian Legion and one...

Jul 8, 20256 min read

General Morgan’s division plods westward throughout the previous night and this morning with the intention of reaching the Ohio River...

Jul 7, 20254 min read

While the rest of the division moves northward to Bardstown during the previous night and into today’s early morning hours, Lieutenant...

Jul 6, 20255 min read

General Morgan’s next target is the Union supply depot in Lebanon, Kentucky. It is important for the raiders to capture the town because...

Jul 5, 20256 min read