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Tues., July 23, 1063 The Daily Jeffersonian Page 9Cambridge, Ohio100 YEARS AGO IN GUERNSEY-COTwo Companies Formed Here To Combat Morgan’s RaidersEditor'* note—One hundr*lt;J year* ajto was a day of high I esoltement for Cambridge. Gen Morgan. It was reported, was In Cumberland and on hia way to ■ sa« k Cambridge This artlele.the second of a series, was taken from notes copied from the Guernsey Times published here 5 July 30, 1863 The notes w'ere. provided hy Mrs. J. R. Addison' 803 N. Seventh St.)EXCITEMENT OF SUNDAY LAST: This place was thrown into intense excitement on Sun day last, by reports which were brought in from the neighbor hood of Mantua, and also by telegraph from Concord, that a part of Morgan’s forces, num r bering 300 men, were marching in this direction from Otsego. e and would come here either di-s rectly or by way of Concord. As B soon as this news was re 1 ceived the Court House bell was e rung as a signal for our citizens e to repair there to arm them-l* selves to meet Morgan’s band,0 and if possible save our town from being sacked and destroyed by these horse thieves and robbers.Two companies were speed ingly armed and equiped, num-: bering about one hundred each, and marched to the top of the; n hill at the west end of town, with the expectation of meet-j h ing the enemy very soon, as it 5 had been reported that firing - had been heard at a distance in that direction Arriving at the j top of the hill scouts were sent out to reconnoiter, who soon j returned with the gratifying in-_ | telligence that no enemy was ~ near and that the rumor was a j silly hoax * The forces were then march-a ed back to the public square and dismissed, with the injunction to be ready at the ringing ?r of the Court House bell for fur-ther duty if required a JOHN MORGAN’S RAII) fa IN GUERNSEY COUNTYJohn Morgan, with the remnant of a band, composed of the most villainous cut throats andMorgan's Raiders at Old Washingtonscoundrels, the sweepings and accumulations of two years of murdering and plundering among helpless people, amount ing in number to probably 600. found his way into this county on Thursday, the 22nd inst., and entered the town of Cumberland about 3 o’clock in the afternoon of the same day.As usual, his pickets were thrown out. and the work of in suit and plunder commenced The stores of Col. Squier and Mr. Holmes, respected citizens of that place, were plundered of clothing, and such articles as they seemed to need.Col. .Squier lost about $400 worth of goods and Mr. Holmes about $300 worth. From Mi Thomas Lindsey, one dirty thief stole, or forcibly took, $25 00 After robbing Lindsey, the Butternut asked him if he was a Vallandighan man. Lindsey replied that he was not, but instead was a good Union manButternut then proceeded to electioneer for his Friend Val, by telling Lindsey that no better man lived anywhere thanVallandigham; that he ought to support him, using a considers ble number of arguments to convince Lindsey that it was his duty to vote for that glorious friend of the South, and its cause, Vallandigham In and about Cumberland they succeeded in stealing about 100 good horses While in town they quartered upon the inhabitants, from whom they insolently demanded food or whatever else they wished. They left Cumberland about 8 o’clock in the evening, after perpetrating all the devilment they could, except burning the town and murder ing its inhabitants.The next place they turned up was at Hartford, in Valley Township, which place they retired from without doing any material damage We did learn that they robbed Mr. Geo. Miller of Hartford, of $1,500, but as we have not heard it confirmed, presume it is not so.At Senecaville they made a short stay, stole numerous horses and took the road to Campbell’s Station. While inSenecaville, we learn that one of the thieves entered a stable belonging to a gentleman of that place, and, with drawn revolver demanded a horse The owner, instead of giving him a horse, gave him a blow along side of his head with a club, which caused Mr. Secesh to give up all intention of dealing in horse flesh for the time being Said Butternut is now lodged in our jail.Recalled Seeing Morgan's RaidersThe late S H. Moorhead of Senecaville, who died in January. 1948 at the age of 91, often reminisced over the whirlwind trip of Morgan’s Raiders through Senecaville.According to what he told members of his family, he hid behind the gate at the family home in Greenwood, and watched the raiding party go by the Moorhead residence.Mr. Moorhead was six year* old at the time.
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Cambridge Daily Jeffersonian
Cambridge, Ohio, US
Tue, Jul 23, 1963
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