General Morgan and six officers make a…

November 1863 CE

General Morgan and six officers make a daring escape from captivity on November 27 by tunneling from an air shaft beneath their cells into the prison yard and scaling the walls.

Only two of Morgan's men are recaptured, and he and the rest soon will return to the South.

Morgan will be killed less than a year later in Greeneville, Tennessee, by a Union cavalryman after refusing to halt while attempting to escape.

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Columbus Franklin Ohio United States View →

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John Hunt Morgan View →

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