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Morgan's Fifth Gun

Morgan's Fifth Gun

Morgan's Fifth Gun

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

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Nov 76 min read

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 19, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 19, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 19, 1863

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

Jul 1932 min read

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 18, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 18, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 18, 1863

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...

Jul 1816 min read

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 17, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 17, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 17, 1863

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

Jul 178 min read

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 16, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 16, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 16, 1863

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...

Jul 169 min read

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 15, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 15, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 15, 1863

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

Jul 157 min read

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 14, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 14, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 14, 1863

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

Jul 1412 min read

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

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

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 1312 min read

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 12, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 12, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 12, 1863

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

Jul 126 min read

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 11, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 11, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 11, 1863

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

Jul 117 min read

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 10, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 10, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 10, 1863

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 107 min read

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 9, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 9, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 9, 1863

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 96 min read

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 8, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 8, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 8, 1863

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 86 min read

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 7, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 7, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 7, 1863

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

Jul 74 min read

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 6, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 6, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 6, 1863

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

Jul 65 min read

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 5, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 5, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 5, 1863

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 56 min read

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 4, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 4, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 4, 1863

In the early morning hours, Captain Tom Franks and his scouts report to General Morgan that they had heard trees being felled near the...

Jul 45 min read

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 3, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 3, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 3, 1863

As they march northward into Central Kentucky, General John H. Morgan’s troopers sing a special song written just for the Great Raid. Its...

Jul 33 min read

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 2, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 2, 1863

The Twenty-Five Days of Morgan - July 2, 1863

The Great Raid of 1863 officially begins. Known in the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion as the Indiana-Ohio Raid, but also...

Jul 25 min read

The Call to Arms: Fighting for the Great Raid!

The Call to Arms: Fighting for the Great Raid!

The Call to Arms: Fighting for the Great Raid!

Taylor Bishop is a member of the Tebbs Bend Battlefield Association, served as a member on the American Battlefield Trust's Youth...

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May 25, 20233 min read

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