REPORTER, CENTRE HALL, PA. 1H eat nil By ELMO SCOTT WATSON ff WAS Just 70 years ago this summer that the two states of Ohio and Indiana were having a bad case of the jitters. The reason for their state of nerves is contained In these lines from a poem (“Kentucky Belle"— remember It in the old Fourth i r?) that told about FPsras Reader? . & “Morgan, Morgan, the Raider, Morgan's terrible ‘ith bowie knife and pistols are gallo up the glen. The raid, led by Gen 1863 Braxton Bragg's dier-generalship coming colonel of a most spectacular and daring Civil Boldly cuted, its leader fai’ed in his ar pur- pose of “watering his horses in Lake Erie” but reaching the point fa north attained by any Southern troops on active service duting the war, and the expedition just missed being carried rinmphant sion—through no fault of organ's, but because a swift and unexpected ri of the Ohio river prevented his reachis safety at the last mo- ment. For, as a ball i I of his hard-riding troope ind sung by his sur viving comrades, war conceived uneed he did succeed In conclo- nposed by one “Oh, Morgan uldn't swim!” When on Jun and approxim 1500 cavalrymen crossed the Cumberiand river In Tennessee and s ils secret dest) nation wa hie Aft : imber of with towns long the ne of march, he reached the Ohio at ragdensburg, July 7, capt steamboats, \ if : two Federal gunboats, and then river to Indiar He was now in the ny territory, his Hi skirmishes garrisons of ired two tie force pursued by thou sands of Federals from the Kentucky eamps, and idiery on Cory- n up to bar his noved on without ‘almyra to Salem. «1 on up the Ohio. de stroying and burning as he went, in eTort to system and deprive the cripple the transpo tion Federals of the ores. At 4 countered a g force of enemy troops sept to capture him but eluded them and continu h After Versailles he an on his way threatening Cincinnati, skirted the city and reach Camp Shady, There he destroyed a large number of Federal army wagons, much forage and other supplies. Con- tinuing east, laying waste to rail lines, he fin- ished his dash through Ohio at Pomeroy. At that time it was estimated 25,000 Federal troops were hot in pursuit of the daring raiders, Even then Morgin might have made his escape into Virginia, but for an onexpected rise in the Ohio that delayed the command and prevented it from crossing the river immediately, While they were compelled to wait, Federal troops and gun- boats came up. The raiders pushed further up the river to another ford. Here many crossed before the pursuers caught up, and made their escape. Hemmed in by Federals, the remainder of the eommand split ap In small groups—some escap- ing, some being captured. General Morgan and a large number of his followers escaped, doubled back on the trail and headed toward Athens and Zanesville, But the game was about up. Ma). George Rue of the Ninth Kentucky cavalry had thrown a cordon of troops across the path of the fleeing raider south of New Lisbon and there on July 26, 1863, Morgan surrendered to his fellow-Ken- tuckian who for the past two years had been “kept busy chasing John Morgan out of Ken tucky.” A bronze tablet set’in a huge bowlder on the little-traveled Beaver Creek road today marks the high water mark of the Confederacy. Even If Morgan fated to “water his horses in Lake Erie,” it remained for two other Confed- erate leaders, John Y. Beall and David H. Ross, to enjoy a spectacular, though brief career, on that body of water and to create almost as much consternation in Union hearts as had the bold Kentuckian, At the outbreak of the Civil war Ross was an eighteen-yearold cadet in the Macon Guards, the pride of Georgia. Captured at the battle of Knoxville, Tenn, Ross was sent to a Union pri son camp on the shores of Lake Erie from which he soon escaped and made his way to Toronto, where he became acquainted with Jucob Thomp- son, formerly secretary of the interior in Presi dent Buchanan's cabinet, but now an agent for the Confederacy In enlisting Southern sympa- thizers among the Canadians and in alding Con- federate sympathizers to escape, Thompson sent Ross to Windsor to report to A =. Where Morgan Surrendered Capt, John Yeates Beall, wther Confederate agent, who had a plan which had been turning over in his mind for some time. It was to raise a crew of refugee Confederates in Canada, take possession of the Philo Parsons, one of the lake steamers plying between Detrol ilo, and with it eaptore the wa a sidewheeler armed with *» it to attack Fort Johnson on Jo here n learned of the pl ard in the hope of capiuring iders before any serious damage could » duty d 3 f if Rent bs 10, Detroit sind Unt, to take on a party Fr ei inlg $ & Accordingly this desiring to go down the river. was done and gave every appes travelers, At Mald Detroit, twenty more came on board. These had a trunk with them as their only plece of bag- The Philo Parsons continued on her way, spping at North Bass, Middle Bass and South sy islands and finally reached Kelly's island, where four more men Joined the passengers Then, soon after the Philo Parsons left Eelly's island, on its way to Sandusky, the officers, crew and the rest of the passengers found themselves looking into the barrels of pistols flourished by the newcomers. The trunk had yielded its stock of firearms, hatchets and other formidable wea- pons. The eaptain of the boat was persuaded to relinquish command and the ¢row and the male passengers were given temporary lodgment in the vessel's hold. Beall took command of the boat as eaptain and Ross was first mate. With true southern chivalry, Beall and Ross ordered a banquet to be spread and the Con- federates entertained the women passengers as befitting southern gentlemen, While these festivities were going on the Island Queen, with 170 Federal soldiers on board, pulled up alongside the Philo Parsons, This was just what Captain Beall wanted, It was all very well to Impress noncombatants with his prowess, but the enemy In uniform and fully accoutered promised more excitement. It never will be known, perhaps, why the Un- fon soldiers did not make short work of this handful of Confederates, At any rate, Beall and Ross, leaving a few men to guard the Philo Parsons, took the rest of their command and, after firing a few shots into the Island Queen, sprang on board and captured the crew, who were too astonished at this unexpected sally even to fire a shot In return, With the Island Queen and the 170 Unlon men in tow the Philo Parsons set her prow toward Sandusky to capture Fort Johnson there and seize the Michigon, at that time the fastest steamer on the lakes, The commander of the Michigan had, however, been warned that a daredevil band was making things uncomfortably warm for lake shipping. The commander, therefore, carefully laid his plans and got his men ready for the “pirates.” He had the fort at his back to help him In the event matters threatened to get out of hand, Beall and his men had scuttled the Island Queen and taken their prisoners aboard the Philo Parsons preparatory to*attacking the Miche fgan. When the commander of the latter vessel kighted the enemy he set out in chase and the Philo Parsons turned about and fled. “The Mich fgan” us Ross explained years later, “had twelve guns. We had only our pistols” So It is evi dent that the Confederates took the only wise course In heading for safety, ’ The new passengers were well dressed arance of being prosperous ut twenty miles below Despite the Michigan's Philo Parsons gained the shelter of the Detroit river. There the prisoners were landed. Many of the “pirates” ashore and disap peared. Then Beall and Ross, with only a hand- ful of men into deep water and scuttled her, also wen: left, steered the Philo Parsons out After that It wa of them tured, tried by “piracy,” and was N. Y.. on February Ross went f every man | escaped, given refuge in the Confed cards and 1 wards for his was even bold while there, Wilmington, N Th recognized his services in the secret service He was, however, impatier back the fray, and rejoined his Id company In time to participate I h atties around Richmond He remained iy until Lee surrendered at Appomattox, and fore the cesantl wnded shortly be Grant, In hi nd admi ation, issued na : of the years he ch he and ress in OF ¢ another fam “The General” Fravel used by Ringe : their leader of Joining the onfederate forces, Capt. vere desirous boarded the train and paid i ips, WwW. A. Fuller, : who was i not have the slight nkl hat train, these strangers were Union were plan- ning to capture his tral traffic on the Western and Atlantic rallroad, one of the vital arteries of transport for the Con- federacy, by burning the 15 bridges which lay between Chattanooga and Big Shanty, Their opportunity came when the train stopped at Big Shanty for breakfast. While they were thus occupied the strangers, whose leader was James J. Andrews, a citizen of Fhemingsburg, Ky... who had volunteereq to perform this dan- gerous task, cut away all but three cars in the train, climbed into the engine cab and steamed away. Captain Fuller believed that those who had taken his train were deserters from Camp Me Donald, a recruit camp at Big Shanty, At once he dashed to the telegraph office to send a warning to stations farther up the line, enly to discover that the telegraph wires had been cut. Accompanied by two or three others, he ran to Moon's Station, two miles away, and ob- tained a handcar on which they set out in pur- suit of the raiders, Then followed the race which has become a classic in American history—Andrews and his party leading the way with “The General” set. ting fire to bridges, tearing up the tracks in places and putting obstructions on It in others, and behind them Fuller and his men, first on the hand ear, then on the engine “Yonah” and finally on “The Texas,” racing after them and gaining on them until at last the fugitives in a desperate effort to shake off their pursuers set fire to the last freight car and cut It Joose on a bridge. But before the bridge could eateh fire, Fuller had run up te the car, coupled on and pulled It away. By this time the fugitives had deserted the engine and escaped into the woods, But mounted militia were soon hot on their trall and within a short time all of the Andrews party, 22 in number, were captured. They were taken back to Atlanta and tried before a military court. Eight, among them Andrews, the leader, were found guilty and executed as spies, six were pa- roled and eight later escaped from prison at Atlanta, On March 25, 1833, medals of honor were presented by Secretary of War Stanton to the six who were paroled and later the eight who escaped from prison were also given med als. Of those who had been executed medals were delivered to the mothers of one of them and te the widows of two others, (@ by Western Newspaper Unlon.) use it to paralyze “Is your family going to be active In society 7” “lI suppose so,” answered Senator Sorghum. “You can't expect them to deny themselves the same pleasures that they enjoy at home.” “Will you become a social butterfly yourself” “No, I'll keep working hard and try to fly high into the airplane class.” Star. " enough to get Ve 3 ry ood Washingt t toy he Betts 1 i offered some loft “Wha dear key?" 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