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Morgan’s Waterloo Ends Great Rebel Raider Morgan
The account details a 19 hour pursuit of Morgan across Ohio from Cheshire to Gallipolis led by Gen Shackelford. Morgan’s raiders are pressed. many horses are seized from citizens and the pursuit narrows to 6 hours behind. A mare falters, forcing a retreat and rescue by fellow soldiers. The pursuit ends with Morgan captured by Union forces after a five day ride, and the column moves to Covington and Lexington, Kentucky. Then the narrative follows troop movements into East Tennessee with Burnside’s army, describing marches through Kentucky’s Cumberland region toward Glasgow and beyond.
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Cheshire
Morgan
Ohio
Hobson
Shakelford
Fort’s
Shackelford
Gallipolis
Brute
I. B. Ogden
Bursard
U. S
Burcard
Court House Square
Dave
Ogden
Sentinel
Covington
Lexington
Henry Clay
John Morgan
Indies
Nicholasville
Dick Robinson
112Th
Dandridge
Stanford
Somerset
Glasgow
Crab Orchard
Columbia
Burnside
We Anny
Cumberland Mountains
Tennessee
23Rd Army Corps
Kentucky
14Th NL
Ind
Ind Mtd
Tenn
II Light Artillery
John W Foster
East Tennessee
Cumberlland
Marrayborn
Cumberland River
Turkey Neck Bend
Cumberland Range