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Gen. John Hunt Morgan made his famous raid into Ohio and Pennsylvania, an operation that cavalry historian Stephen Z. Starr called " militarily insane ", ending in Morgan's capture.
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In 1862 and again in 1864, Gen. John Hunt Morgan and his Confederate cavalry passed through the county.
Gen. John Hunt Morgan traveled through the Moorefield, Harrisville, New Athens, Smithfield, New Alexandria, Wintersville, Two Ridge, Richmond, East Springfield, Bergholz, and Monroeville on his way to defeat at the Battle of Salineville.
Gen. John Hunt Morgan of Alabama, served with the Confederate cavalry and gained fame as the leader of Morgan's Raiders.
Gen. John Hunt Morgan from July 12 to July 26, 1863, and arranging for the compensation of Ohioans whose property had been confiscated by Morgan's men.
As a colonel on the staff of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, Hunt organized and trained the artillery reserve of the Army of the Potomac and fought with it in the Peninsula Campaign.
In the run-up to the Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863, Hunt fell out of favor of Army of the Potomac commander Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker and lost direct command of the Artillery Reserve, reducing him in effect to an administrative staff role.
His new commander, Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, had considerably more respect for Hunt than Hooker did and not only gave him great latitude in directing the artillery, but also used him on occasion as his personal representative.
For example, on July 2, Meade sent Hunt to visit III Corps commander Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles in an attempt to get his defensive lines to conform to orders.
Gen. John Hunt Morgan's cavalry command, which caused him to fall back to a position east of Milton.
Gen. John Hunt Morgan and counterattacked, chasing the Union forces through the cove area of Wythe County Virginia.
Gen. John Hunt Morgan to secure supplies and money before continuing his raid through Indiana and into Ohio.
Gen. John Hunt Morgan led a cavalry division consisting of two brigades, totaling nearly 2, 500 men, and two batteries of artillery, northward from Tennessee in the Confederacy.
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