This is the legend of Morgan's Raiders--as it's never been told before. . . In the summer of 1863, Brigadier-General John Hunt Morgan led two thousand Confederate soldiers across the Ohio River into southern Indiana. Pursued by fifteen thousand Union cavalry, infantry, and militia, Morgan's Raiders blazed a trail of destruction unparalleled in Civil War history. In forty-six days, they covered one thousand miles, destroyed thirty-four bridges, and captured six thousand enemy soldiers. But only a handful of Morgan's men would live to tell the tale. . . Born in the heart of Kentucky, Ty Mattson never knew his parents. His mother died in childbirth while his father went off to fight in the Mexican War. For seventeen years, Ty never discovered why his father didn't return. But when he receives news that his father is alive--and he's joined the forces of General John Morgan--the boy leaves home to enlist with the Raiders, hoping to finally meet the father he never had. Owen Mattson turns out to be everything Ty imagined he would be: a good man, a true mentor and a great soldier. But the bullets of a self-appointed Confederate assassin divide father and son yet again, leaving Ty near death. From the blood-soaked chaos of Morgan's devastating defeat at Buffington Island, to the care of an enemy nurse and the harsh brutality of a Union prison, Ty Mattson will do whatever it takes to fight and survive. For his father. For the love of a beautiful woman. For revenge. Filled with military action and fascinating historical detail, Raiding with Morgan is award-winning author Jim R. Woolard at his page-turning best. North to Glory "We are bound for the Ohio in a bold bid to carry the war and its bloodletting and destruction into the enemy's lair. We will etch the terror and fright of our passage in the minds of every man, woman and child we encounter as well as those who hide in fear of us. The fame and glory garnered by our victories will shine forever in the hearts of our southern brethren and earn us the hatred of northern sympathizers. May the Lord ride with us." --Journal of Lieutenant Clinton J. Hardesty, Morgan's Confederate Cavalry, 7 July, 1863.
Thompson, J.H. Thompson, Manlius V. Thompson, Sarah E. Thorpe, Pat Tod, David Todd, Mary (Mrs. Abraham Lincoln) Tompkins, Sally Louisa Tompkinsville, Ky. Trabue, Robert P. transfer applications Transylvania University triad system Trigg ...
After all, Grierson's cavalrymen had been able to ride across Mississippi successfully; why couldn't Morgan's men do the same in Indiana and Ohio? Morgan had recruited men from Kentucky who had grown up around fast horses and who were ...
Throughout the day of July 1, 1863, and into the following afternoon, Morgan's division crossed the rain-swollen Cumberland River. Using multiple fords located several miles above and below Burkesville, the raiders ferried their wagons, ...
The Longest Raid of the Civil War: Little-Known & Untold Stories of Morgan's Raid Into Kentucky, Indiana & Ohio
His works include: General Nelson's Scout (1898), On General Thomas' Staff (1899), Battling for Atlanta (1900), From Atlanta to the Sea (1901), Raiding With Morgan (1903), With Lyon in Missouri (1910), The Scout of Pea Ridge (1911), The ...
An inspection by Fink some days later indicated that the collapsed roof had contained a vein of coal, which also caught fire and continued to smolder for several days after the tunnel was wrecked. When it was all over, debris twelve ...
This volume mentions only the greatest of the General's raids, and the author has tried to narrate them with historical accuracy as regards time, place, and circumstances.
With twenty-five maps and more than forty illustrations, Morgan's Raid historian David L. Mowery takes a new look at this unprecedented event in American history, one historians rank among the world's greatest land-based raids since ...
8 During the Ranger skedaddle, cavalrymen captured Rangers Anderson, Carter, Overby, Love, and Rhodes. The shooting of McMaster, Schmidt and other troopers after surrender was murder in the eyes of their comrades and there was more.
"The Southerners had lost their beloved commander, slain; a third of their number had fallen.