Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
Aug 17, 2013 9:39pm
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
Posts: 2,339
Aug 17, 2013 10:52pm
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
Posts: 24,984
Aug 17, 2013 11:50pm
I did his sister.
Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
Aug 17, 2013 11:55pm
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
Posts: 7,282
Aug 18, 2013 12:01am
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
Posts: 8,748
Aug 18, 2013 10:51am
It was a great psychological ploy. Can you imagine what people were thinking when seeing them storm through your little town back then?
OSH
Posts: 4,145
Aug 18, 2013 4:04pm
I am a Morgan Raider. Don't hold it against me.
redstreak one
Posts: 1,152
Aug 18, 2013 4:31pm
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
Posts: 8,748
Aug 18, 2013 5:12pm
Redstreak: Did the locals put the mouthy man in the canoe or did the raiders?
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Tiernan
Posts: 13,021
Aug 18, 2013 6:12pm
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
Posts: 786
Aug 18, 2013 6:32pm
Jerome Bettis is from Detroit.ernest_t_bass;1488386 wrote:I did his sister.
redstreak one
Posts: 1,152
Aug 18, 2013 9:43pm
BRF, Morgans men put him in the canoe then shot him.
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sportswizuhrd
Posts: 3,215
Aug 18, 2013 10:20pm
This.OSH;1488500 wrote:I am a Morgan Raider. Don't hold it against me.