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Ironman92

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Aug 17, 2013 9:39 PM
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.
Aug 17, 2013 9:39pm
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Aug 17, 2013 10:52 PM
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
Aug 17, 2013 10:52pm
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ernest_t_bass

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Aug 17, 2013 11:50 PM
I did his sister.
Aug 17, 2013 11:50pm
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Aug 17, 2013 11:55 PM
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?
Aug 17, 2013 11:55pm
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Aug 18, 2013 12:01 AM
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.
Aug 18, 2013 12:01am
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Aug 18, 2013 10:51 AM
It was a great psychological ploy. Can you imagine what people were thinking when seeing them storm through your little town back then?
Aug 18, 2013 10:51am
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Aug 18, 2013 4:04 PM
I am a Morgan Raider. Don't hold it against me.
Aug 18, 2013 4:04pm
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Aug 18, 2013 4:31 PM
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.
Aug 18, 2013 4:31pm
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Aug 18, 2013 5:12 PM
Redstreak: Did the locals put the mouthy man in the canoe or did the raiders?
Aug 18, 2013 5:12pm
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Aug 18, 2013 6:12 PM
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.
Aug 18, 2013 6:12pm
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Aug 18, 2013 6:32 PM
ernest_t_bass;1488386 wrote:I did his sister.
Jerome Bettis is from Detroit.
Aug 18, 2013 6:32pm
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Aug 18, 2013 9:43 PM
BRF, Morgans men put him in the canoe then shot him.
Aug 18, 2013 9:43pm
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Aug 18, 2013 10:20 PM
OSH;1488500 wrote:I am a Morgan Raider. Don't hold it against me.
This.
Aug 18, 2013 10:20pm