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July 1863 marked a turning point in the Civil War. In the east, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia met defeat at Gettysburg, while in the west Vicksburg fell, dividing the Confederacy. Hoosier eyes, however, were focused closer to home, as Confederate cavalry under General John Hunt Morgan crossed the Ohio River in hopes of diverting Union troops and attention.
Follow General John Hunt Morgan's raid through the eyes of contemporary reports in southern Indiana newspapers. As editors reported the movements of the Confederate "freebooters," "horse-thieves," and "myrmidons," they revealed a deep-rooted pride in their home towns, but also a regional particularism that often defined the newspapers' readers by contrasting them with other, allegedly lesser states.
"Hurrah for us!" was the concluding cry of local farmers and tradesmen who valiantly--though often vainly--tried to slow Morgan's progress through Indiana in the summer of 1863. This article preserves the editors' florid, sometimes extravagant turns of phrase (fun reading in their own right) while considering the way people of the 19th century--and the 21st!--form identities by comparing ourselves with others.
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Michael D. Yates
Michael Yates received a Bachelor of Arts in History from Huntington College (now Huntington University) in 2001, and spent the next twelve years telling the story of history to inquisitive grade schoolers. A native of Jennings County, Indiana, the story of Morgan’s Raid took place in his backyard, and is one of his favorites. Michael is also a graduate of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky (M.Div., 2010). He, his wife, and their three children recently moved from their fifth-generation family farm in southern Indiana to West Virginia, where he serves as an associate pastor at Grace Chapel Baptist Church.
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Hurrah for Us! - Michael D. Yates
Hurrah for Us!
Morgan’s Raid in the News
Michael D. Yates
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The Raid
Map of Morgan’s Raid
Union Pride and Particularism
State Pride
State-Level Particularism
Local Pride
Conclusion
About the Author
Bibliography
Notes
July 1863 marked a time of key turning points in the American Civil War. From Pennsylvania came word that Lee’s forces had been decisively beaten at Gettysburg and were trying to make their way back to Virginia with Meade’s Army of the Potomac in pursuit. From the West came news that Vicksburg had fallen, followed shortly by Port Hudson. The Confederacy had been divided.
For citizens of Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio, however, July 1863 was a time of uncertainty. While they were cheered by reports of these important victories, and followed General Rosecrans’s movements in Tennessee with interest, they were also concerned with another general far closer to home. From the time Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan set out from Tennessee with some 2,500 cavalry on July 2 to his surrender at New Lisbon, Ohio, on July 26, the residents of these states waited nervously for word of the raiders’ latest movements. One of the main ways of gaining this information was through the local newspapers.
Analysis of these local newspaper accounts shows
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