Morgan's Raiders

ID: 2226

This file appears in: Morgan’s Last Raid

John Hunt Morgan's cavalry often made quick strikes at Kentucky towns disrupting Union army communications. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Morgan’s Last Raid

Morgan’s Last Raid

By Katie Crawford-Lackey

Historical Marker #623 in Prestonsburg remembers Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's last raid into Kentucky during the Civil War. After Morgan was captured on an extended cavalry raid into Indiana and Ohio in the summer of 1863, he…