Morgan's Raiders

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This file appears in: CSA at Paris, 1862
Morgan's Raiders

Shown in this image are Morgan and his raiders on the Courthouse Square in Paris. Morgan captured Union army supplies and took good from the town's Unionist citizens. Courtesy of Hopewell Museum.

This file appears in: CSA at Paris, 1862

By Hopewell Museum
Historical Marker #696 in Paris tells the story of famed Confederate raider, John Hunt Morgan, who rode into Paris on July 18, 1862, after a furious battle that defeated a larger Union force the day before, 14 miles north at Cynthiana. Morgan…