Posted on 07/21/2023 7:10:16 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
CLEVELAND, Monday, July 20.
MORGAN made an unsuccessful attempt to cross the Ohio yesterday, near Cooleyville, but was prevented by a gunboat. One hundred and fifty rebels were killed and drowned. A thousand prisoners were taken, with their artillery. Among the prisoners were Col. WARD and Col. DICK MORGAN, a brother of JOHN. The band was scattered among the hills. Gen. JUDAH is confident of capturing the balance of the party to-day.
CINCINNATI, Monday, July 20.
On Saturday morning MORGAN's forces were over-taken near Pomeroy by Gens. HOBSON and JUDAH, who had formed a junction. MORGAN finding himself in close quarters, and learning that the ford at Buffington Island was well guarded, broke up his band into small squads, in order to escape. One squad, with six pieces of artillery, made for the crossing at Buffington. Our gunboats drove them back, with the loss of 150 killed and wounded. Our cavalry charged and captured the battery, killing m number of the rebels.
Cols. WOLFORD and SHACKELFORD succeeded in capturing one lot of 575 and another of 275, beside numerous squads, making in all over 1,000 prisoners. Our cavalry is in pursuit of the balance of the command, which is entirely broken up and scattered among the hills. The position of our forces is such that the rebels cannot cross the Ohio, nor get much further North.
CINCINNATI, Monday, July 20 -- P.M.
Our forces are continually capturing MORGAN's men.
BASIL DUKE was captured near Pomeroy, this morning. Thirteen hundred men have been taken, so far.
Maj. BROWN, commanding a battalion of the Tenth Kentucky cavalry, has arrived here, with 150 prisoners, captured during a reconnoissance near Abington, Va.
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Featured article - The Cavalry Service: Details of Operations of Our Cavalry During the Campaign Against Lee, pages 3-9. Or here => https://www.nytimes.com/1863/07/21/archives/the-cavalry-service-details-of-the-operations-of-our-cavalry-during.html?searchResultPosition=2
End of Morgan’s Great Raid: Unsuccessful Attempts to Cross the Ohio at Various Points – 2
Affairs at Vicksburgh: After the Surrender – 2-3
The Pursuit of Bragg: Gen. Rosecrans’ Advance Reported to be at Rome, Ga. – 3
The Retreat of Lee: The Main Body of His Army Between Winchester and Culpepper – 3
From the South: Fierce Address from Jo. Johnston – 3
Rebel Loss in Major-Gen. Grant’s Department Since the Landing of the Army at Grand Gulf, Miss., May 1, 1863 – 3
News from Washington – 3
The Cavalry Service: Details of Operations of Our Cavalry During the Campaign Against Lee – 3-9
Editorial: How to Deal with Mobs – 9
Morgan’s Raid – 9
Our Cavalry – 9-10
Editorial: Wrongs of the Colored Race-Letter from Thurlow Weed – 10
Editorial: Philadelphia and New-York – 10
A filler at the end about Jeff Davis’s camels sold at auction. There was a legend about some still roaming Arizona years later. Who would buy them and for what purpose?
Davis got the idea for them when he was Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce. I guess they didn’t catch on as Army transport vehicles. What became of them later I don’t know.
You can drive Morgan’s route today:
https://ohio.org/things-to-do/destinations/john-hunt-morgan-heritage-trail-of-ohio
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