Morgan's main column, by now reduced to…

July 1863 CE

Morgan's main column, by now reduced to eighteen hundred men, had arrived on the morning of July 8 at Brandenburg, Kentucky, a small town along the Ohio River, where Hines had rejoined them.

Here, the raiders had seized two steamboats, the John B. McCombs and the Alice Dean.

Morgan, against Bragg's strict orders, transports his command across the river to Indiana, landing just east of Mauckport.

A small company of Indiana home guards contests the crossing with an artillery piece, as does a riverboat carrying a six-pounder.

Morgan chases off the local defenders, capturing a sizeable portion as well as their guns.

After burning the Alice Dean and sending the John B. McCombs downriver with instructions not to pursue him, Morgan heads away from the river.

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Mauckport Harrison Indiana United States View →

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Braxton Bragg View → John Hunt Morgan View →

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Kentucky, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → Tennessee, State of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Ohio, State of (U.S.A.) View → Indiana, State of (U.S.A.) View → Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) 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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