s/o:
William "Swago Bill" Ewing (1755 - 1822)
Mary McNeil Ewing (1771 - 1858)
h/o:
Rosanna Knox Ewing (1806 - 1879)
Married 1827
f/o:
Mary Ewing (aft 1826- )
William Knox Ewing (1828-1876)
John R. Ewing (1832-1869)
Dr. Gilbert Alexander (1834-1906)
Sarah Ann Ewing (1838-1852)
Elmore Ellis Ewing (1840 - 1900)
h/o:
Mary E. Denny Ewing (1812 - 1888)
Married 1880mar. 1880)
Morgan's Raid was a highly publicized incursion by Confederate cavalry into the Northern states of Indiana and Ohio during the American Civil War. The raid took place from June 11–July 26, 1863, and is named for the commander of the Confederates, Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan.
For 46 days as they rode over 1,000 miles (1,600 km), Morgan's Confederates covered a region from Tennessee to northern Ohio. The raid coincided with theVicksburg Campaign and the Gettysburg Campaign, although it was not directly related to either campaign. However, it served to draw the attention of tens of thousands of Federal troops away from their normal duties and strike fear in the civilian population of several Northern states. Repeatedly thwarted in his attempts to return to the South by hastily positioned Union forces and state militia, Morgan eventually surrendered what was left of his command in northeastern Ohio. He escaped through Ohio, and casually took a train to Cincinnati, where he crossed the Ohio River.
To many Southerners, the daring expedition behind enemy lines became known as The Great Raid of 1863, and was initially hailed in the newspapers. However, along with Gettysburg and Vicksburg, it was another in a string of defeats for the Confederate army that summer. Some Northern newspapers derisively labeled Morgan's expedition as The Calico Raid, in reference to the raiders' propensity for procuring personal goods from local stores and houses.
Official records how that the village of Ewington was laid out by George Ewing in 1852, though of course it had already existed in practice for many years. Ewington Academy was built during this decade, and still shows Civil War bullet holes made during General John Morgan's raid through Ohio in 1863. A family tradition tells that George and Ann were unwitting hosts to Morgan and his officers, thinking they were feeding one of the many groups of Union soldiers who were milling around the area trying to find Morgan. After Ann had made a number of brave remarks about what she would do to that Morgan if she could ever lay hands on him, one of the visitors gently informed her that Morgan was sitting right there at her table! George leaped for his squirrel rifle that was hanging on the wall and would have made good the threats, but was overpowered and held prisoner in the back yard till the visitors departed. They broke the stock of the rifle and bent the barrel in a fork of the apple tree in the yard.
William "Swago Bill" Ewing (1755 - 1822)
Mary McNeil Ewing (1771 - 1858)
h/o:
Rosanna Knox Ewing (1806 - 1879)
Married 1827
f/o:
Mary Ewing (aft 1826- )
William Knox Ewing (1828-1876)
John R. Ewing (1832-1869)
Dr. Gilbert Alexander (1834-1906)
Sarah Ann Ewing (1838-1852)
Elmore Ellis Ewing (1840 - 1900)
h/o:
Mary E. Denny Ewing (1812 - 1888)
Married 1880mar. 1880)
Morgan's Raid was a highly publicized incursion by Confederate cavalry into the Northern states of Indiana and Ohio during the American Civil War. The raid took place from June 11–July 26, 1863, and is named for the commander of the Confederates, Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan.
For 46 days as they rode over 1,000 miles (1,600 km), Morgan's Confederates covered a region from Tennessee to northern Ohio. The raid coincided with theVicksburg Campaign and the Gettysburg Campaign, although it was not directly related to either campaign. However, it served to draw the attention of tens of thousands of Federal troops away from their normal duties and strike fear in the civilian population of several Northern states. Repeatedly thwarted in his attempts to return to the South by hastily positioned Union forces and state militia, Morgan eventually surrendered what was left of his command in northeastern Ohio. He escaped through Ohio, and casually took a train to Cincinnati, where he crossed the Ohio River.
To many Southerners, the daring expedition behind enemy lines became known as The Great Raid of 1863, and was initially hailed in the newspapers. However, along with Gettysburg and Vicksburg, it was another in a string of defeats for the Confederate army that summer. Some Northern newspapers derisively labeled Morgan's expedition as The Calico Raid, in reference to the raiders' propensity for procuring personal goods from local stores and houses.
Official records how that the village of Ewington was laid out by George Ewing in 1852, though of course it had already existed in practice for many years. Ewington Academy was built during this decade, and still shows Civil War bullet holes made during General John Morgan's raid through Ohio in 1863. A family tradition tells that George and Ann were unwitting hosts to Morgan and his officers, thinking they were feeding one of the many groups of Union soldiers who were milling around the area trying to find Morgan. After Ann had made a number of brave remarks about what she would do to that Morgan if she could ever lay hands on him, one of the visitors gently informed her that Morgan was sitting right there at her table! George leaped for his squirrel rifle that was hanging on the wall and would have made good the threats, but was overpowered and held prisoner in the back yard till the visitors departed. They broke the stock of the rifle and bent the barrel in a fork of the apple tree in the yard.
s/o:
William "Swago Bill" Ewing (1755 - 1822)
Mary McNeil Ewing (1771 - 1858)
h/o:
Rosanna Knox Ewing (1806 - 1879)
Married 1827
f/o:
Mary Ewing (aft 1826- )
William Knox Ewing (1828-1876)
John R. Ewing (1832-1869)
Dr. Gilbert Alexander (1834-1906)
Sarah Ann Ewing (1838-1852)
Elmore Ellis Ewing (1840 - 1900)
h/o:
Mary E. Denny Ewing (1812 - 1888)
Married 1880mar. 1880)
Morgan's Raid was a highly publicized incursion by Confederate cavalry into the Northern states of Indiana and Ohio during the American Civil War. The raid took place from June 11–July 26, 1863, and is named for the commander of the Confederates, Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan.
For 46 days as they rode over 1,000 miles (1,600 km), Morgan's Confederates covered a region from Tennessee to northern Ohio. The raid coincided with theVicksburg Campaign and the Gettysburg Campaign, although it was not directly related to either campaign. However, it served to draw the attention of tens of thousands of Federal troops away from their normal duties and strike fear in the civilian population of several Northern states. Repeatedly thwarted in his attempts to return to the South by hastily positioned Union forces and state militia, Morgan eventually surrendered what was left of his command in northeastern Ohio. He escaped through Ohio, and casually took a train to Cincinnati, where he crossed the Ohio River.
To many Southerners, the daring expedition behind enemy lines became known as The Great Raid of 1863, and was initially hailed in the newspapers. However, along with Gettysburg and Vicksburg, it was another in a string of defeats for the Confederate army that summer. Some Northern newspapers derisively labeled Morgan's expedition as The Calico Raid, in reference to the raiders' propensity for procuring personal goods from local stores and houses.
Official records how that the village of Ewington was laid out by George Ewing in 1852, though of course it had already existed in practice for many years. Ewington Academy was built during this decade, and still shows Civil War bullet holes made during General John Morgan's raid through Ohio in 1863. A family tradition tells that George and Ann were unwitting hosts to Morgan and his officers, thinking they were feeding one of the many groups of Union soldiers who were milling around the area trying to find Morgan. After Ann had made a number of brave remarks about what she would do to that Morgan if she could ever lay hands on him, one of the visitors gently informed her that Morgan was sitting right there at her table! George leaped for his squirrel rifle that was hanging on the wall and would have made good the threats, but was overpowered and held prisoner in the back yard till the visitors departed. They broke the stock of the rifle and bent the barrel in a fork of the apple tree in the yard.
William "Swago Bill" Ewing (1755 - 1822)
Mary McNeil Ewing (1771 - 1858)
h/o:
Rosanna Knox Ewing (1806 - 1879)
Married 1827
f/o:
Mary Ewing (aft 1826- )
William Knox Ewing (1828-1876)
John R. Ewing (1832-1869)
Dr. Gilbert Alexander (1834-1906)
Sarah Ann Ewing (1838-1852)
Elmore Ellis Ewing (1840 - 1900)
h/o:
Mary E. Denny Ewing (1812 - 1888)
Married 1880mar. 1880)
Morgan's Raid was a highly publicized incursion by Confederate cavalry into the Northern states of Indiana and Ohio during the American Civil War. The raid took place from June 11–July 26, 1863, and is named for the commander of the Confederates, Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan.
For 46 days as they rode over 1,000 miles (1,600 km), Morgan's Confederates covered a region from Tennessee to northern Ohio. The raid coincided with theVicksburg Campaign and the Gettysburg Campaign, although it was not directly related to either campaign. However, it served to draw the attention of tens of thousands of Federal troops away from their normal duties and strike fear in the civilian population of several Northern states. Repeatedly thwarted in his attempts to return to the South by hastily positioned Union forces and state militia, Morgan eventually surrendered what was left of his command in northeastern Ohio. He escaped through Ohio, and casually took a train to Cincinnati, where he crossed the Ohio River.
To many Southerners, the daring expedition behind enemy lines became known as The Great Raid of 1863, and was initially hailed in the newspapers. However, along with Gettysburg and Vicksburg, it was another in a string of defeats for the Confederate army that summer. Some Northern newspapers derisively labeled Morgan's expedition as The Calico Raid, in reference to the raiders' propensity for procuring personal goods from local stores and houses.
Official records how that the village of Ewington was laid out by George Ewing in 1852, though of course it had already existed in practice for many years. Ewington Academy was built during this decade, and still shows Civil War bullet holes made during General John Morgan's raid through Ohio in 1863. A family tradition tells that George and Ann were unwitting hosts to Morgan and his officers, thinking they were feeding one of the many groups of Union soldiers who were milling around the area trying to find Morgan. After Ann had made a number of brave remarks about what she would do to that Morgan if she could ever lay hands on him, one of the visitors gently informed her that Morgan was sitting right there at her table! George leaped for his squirrel rifle that was hanging on the wall and would have made good the threats, but was overpowered and held prisoner in the back yard till the visitors departed. They broke the stock of the rifle and bent the barrel in a fork of the apple tree in the yard.
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