The Union cavalry and gunboats have arrived…

July 1863 CE

The Union cavalry and gunboats have arrived by the morning of July 19, blocking Morgan's escape route.

At the subsequent Battle of Buffington Island in Ohio, Union troops win a decisive victory and capture seven hundred and fifty of Morgan's men, including his brother Richard and noted cavalryman Colonel Basil W. Duke.

Cut off from safety by the Union gunboats, Morgan and his remaining cavalreymen head northeast back into Ohio.

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Portland Meigs Ohio United States View →

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Ambrose Burnside View → Braxton Bragg View → John Hunt Morgan View →

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American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View → Western Theater of the American Civil War View → Tullahoma Campaign View → Morgan's Raid View → Lebanon, Battle of View →

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