Morgan's Raid

• Ironman92

  

  I suck at history but this weekend in Jackson they are reenacting (sp) it's 150th anniversary as they marched right through town back in 1863. Festivities all weekend (not really my thing but looks pretty cool).....but as I type they have been shooting off cannons the past 15 minutes and it's rumbling my house and it's awesome.
• GoPens

  

  Morgan went through my great great grandfathers farm in Columbiana County shortly before he was caught. We used to find artifacts there when we were kids
• ernest_t_bass

  

  I did his sister.
• Ironman92

  

  GoPens;1488375 wrote:Morgan went through my great great grandfathers farm in Columbiana County shortly before he was caught. We used to find artifacts there when we were kids

  
  Just great great?
• Curly J

  

  ernest_t_bass;1488386 wrote:I did his sister.

  
  You've done everyone's Sister.
  
  Morgan's raiders actually came through the Cincy area from what I've read. No battles though.
• BRF

  

  It was a great psychological ploy. Can you imagine what people were thinking when seeing them storm through your little town back then?
• OSH

  

  I am a Morgan Raider. Don't hold it against me.
• redstreak one

  

  Morgans raiders did considerable damage to Jasper, just west of Piketon across the Scioto river. Locals cut timber and laid it across the road, slowing down the raiders. Men were arrested, but one, Joseph McDougal became mouthy with them and he was tied in a canoe and let loose in the Scioto only to be shot by a rebel marksman. They looted Jasper and burnt the bridge across the Scioto river behind them. They looted Piketon and stole horses and other items and left for Jackson. I missed the reenactment at Jackson, would liked to have went. I am a big history buff.
• BRF

  

  Redstreak: Did the locals put the mouthy man in the canoe or did the raiders?
• Tiernan

  Capt. Morgan had come north to sell his spiced Rum to Ohioans but they were loyal to the Hard Cider that Johnny Appleseed had already cornerd the market with.
• #1DBag

  

  ernest_t_bass;1488386 wrote:I did his sister.

  Jerome Bettis is from Detroit.
• redstreak one

  

  BRF, Morgans men put him in the canoe then shot him.
• sportswizuhrd

  OSH;1488500 wrote:I am a Morgan Raider. Don't hold it against me.

  This.