John Hunt Morgan Handbill

ID: 1280
This file appears in: John Hunt Morgan Escape Route

Handbill passed out by Morgan's men encouraging people to join their cause.
Photo courtesy of the University of Kentucky.

This file appears in: John Hunt Morgan Escape Route

By Becky Riddle
Historical marker #2394 in Boone County commemorates a daring prison escape made by Confederate cavalryman John Hunt Morgan. In November 1863, Morgan escaped from the Ohio State Penitentiary and…