TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword… James A. Ramage, Regents Professor of History, Northern Kentucky University, Author of Rebel Raider
Preface
Chapter 1: Why the Raid?
Chapter 2: Getting Ready for Battle
KENTUCKY
Chapter 3: Crossing the Cumberland Twice
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Chapter 4: "Naked as Jay-Birds!"
ADAIR and TAYLOR COUNTIES
Chapter 5: An Ominous Sign
MARION, WASHINGTON & NELSON COUNTIES
Chapter 6: "Twenty-Five Damned Yankees"
Chapter 7: Treachery Within the Ranks
BULLITT, JEFFERSON, HARDIN & MEADE COUNTIES
Chapter 8: A Feint Toward Louisville
Chapter 9: To the River
Chapter 10: Get Across the Ohio and Burn the Boats!
Military Study of Brandenburg Crossing
INDIANA
CLARK & FLOYD COUNTIES
Chapter 11: Confederate Thunderbolt Strikes Indiana and Ohio
HARRISON COUNTY
Chapter 12: The Battle of Corydon
Military Study of Battle of Corydon
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Chapter 13: The Hoosier Zigzag
JACKSON & SCOTT COUNTIES
JENNINGS & JEFFERSON COUNTIES
Chapter 14: Dupont Pays the Price
RIPLEY COUNTY
DEARBORN COUNTY
Chapter 15: Last Day in Indiana
OHIO
HAMILTON COUNTY
Chapter 16: Harrison Shopping Spree
Chapter 17: Let’s Split!
Chapter 18: Waiting for Morgan
Chapter 19: "Veiled" Threat in Glendale
Chapter 20: While Sherman Slept
Chapter 21: Camp Dennison’s 600-Gun Salute
Chapter 22: Thoroughbreds in Trade
CLERMONT COUNTY
Chapter 23: An Unscheduled Train Stop
Chapter 24: A Romance of Morgan’s Rough Riders
Chapter 25: Williamsburg, the First Good Rest in Weeks!
Chapter 26: Mayor Leads Cincinnati Cavalry
BROWN COUNTY
Chapter 27: Colonel Morgan Visits Georgetown
Chapter 28: Bee Line for Buffington
ADAMS COUNTY
Chapter 29: Winchester’s "Fenced In"
PIKE COUNTY
Chapter 30: "Axes to the Front!"
Chapter 31: McDougal’s Fatal Encounter
Chapter 32: A Bridge Beyond
JACKSON COUNTY
Chapter 33: Newspaper Wars
VINTON COUNTY
Chapter 34: "Our Last Night in the North"
Chapter 35: The U.S. Navy, the Union’s Secret Weapon
GALLIA COUNTY
Chapter 36: Vinton Loses Its Bridge
MEIGS COUNTY
Chapter 37: Last Lap to Freedom
Chapter 38: The Pomeroy-Middleport Gauntlet
Chapter 39: The Net Tightens
Chapter 40: In a Fog
Chapter 41: The Battle at Buffington Island
Chapter 42: Morgan Escapes, Duke Captured
Chapter 43: Mopping Up
Chapter 44: Capture and Surrender. A Partial Victory
Military Study of Battle of Buffington Island
Chapter 45: "Go On. Save Yourself!"
Chapter 46: The Chase to Cheshire
Chapter 47: Steamboatin’ to Prison
ATHENS COUNTY
Chapter 48: Riding the Athens-Meigs County Line
GALLIA & VINTON COUNTIES
Chapter 49: Give Us Your Guns and Go Home
HOCKING & ATHENS COUNTIES
Chapter 50: Starr’s & Stripes
PERRY & MORGAN COUNTIES
Chapter 51: Heading for the Muskingum
Chapter 52: The Eagleport Crossing
Chapter 53: Zanesville Responds
MUSKINGUM COUNTY
Chapter 54: The Sign of the Freemason
GUERNSEY COUNTY
Chapter 55: The Bonnie Blink Ride of Mary McClelland
Chapter 56: "The Most Exciting Day in the History of (Old)Washington"
HARRISON COUNTY
Chapter 57: Lincoln’s Concern About Morgan
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Chapter 58: "I’ll Be Damned if I Will Ever Surrender to a Farmer!"
Chapter 59: Escape or Capture Tomorrow
CARROLL COUNTY
Chapter 60: Last Shots Fired in Anger
COLUMBIANA COUNTY
Chapter 61: "Who the Hell Is Captain Burbick?"
Chapter 62: "General Morgan Demands Your Surrender!"
Chapter 63: Be My Guest
PRISON & ESCAPE
Chapter 64: Welcome to the Pen
Chapter 65: A Letter to Mattie
Chapter 66: Breakout from "Castle Merion!"
FIGHT TO THE FINISH
Chapter 67: A Hero’s Welcome
Chapter 68: End of the Glory Road
EPILOGUE
Appendix
Battles & Skirmishes of the Ohio-Indiana Raid
Ohio & Indiana Raid Claims
Morgan’s Men Reunite
Corydon Battlefield
Buffington Island Battlefield
Ohio & Indiana Civilians Killed During Raid
American Presidents Participate in Chase
The Morgan Family
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
Index
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