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6,000 prisoners paroled. 2,000 prisoners taken. Morgan's Raid (also the Calico Raid or Great Raid of 1863) was a diversionary incursion by Confederate cavalry into the Union states of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia during the American Civil War. The raid took place from June 11 to July 26, 1863.
Learn about the daring Confederate cavalry raid that spanned hundreds of miles from Tennessee to Ohio in the summer of 1863. Read about the battles, skirmishes, losses, and achievements of Morgan and his men in this article.
John Hunt Morgan (born June 1, 1825, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.—died September 4, 1864, Greeneville, Tennessee) was a Confederate guerrilla leader of “ Morgan’s Raiders,” best known for his July 1863 attacks in Indiana and Ohio—the farthest north a Confederate force penetrated during the American Civil War. In 1830 Morgan’s parents ...
After several more skirmishes, during which Morgan captured and paroled thousands of U.S. soldiers [citation needed], Morgan's raid almost ended on July 19, 1863, at the Battle of Buffington Island in Ohio, when approximately 700 of his men were captured while trying to cross the Ohio River into West Virginia.
Overview. Morgan’s Raid was a diversionary incursion by Confederate cavalry into the northern (Union) states of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and, briefly, West Virginia, during the American Civil War. The raid took place from June 11–July 26, 1863, and is named for the commander of the Confederates, Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan.
Morgan’s Ohio Raid. For three weeks Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan’s Confederate cavalry raided across Indiana and Ohio, destroying railroads, bridges and private property. This article appears in: Early Fall 2014
In John Hunt Morgan. …Confederate guerrilla leader of “Morgan’s Raiders,” best known for his July 1863 attacks in Indiana and Ohio—the farthest north a Confederate force penetrated during the American Civil War.
