Dillonvale in Jefferson County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Morgan's Raid

Photographed By Jamie Abel, September 25, 2010

1. Morgan's Raid Marker

Inscription. Gen. John H. Morgan in command of Confederate Troops on July 25, 1863, passed Updegraff's Mills then located here; proceeded northward via "Dry Fork Valley" and Smithfield; pursued by Gen. James M. Shackleford commanding 14th Ill. Cav., First Ky. Cav., 9th Mich. Cav., 11th Mich. Bat'y, 86th Ohio Mounted Inf., 2d Tenn. Mounted Inf.
Tablet No. 2 Erected July 1913

Erected 1913. (Marker Number 2.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the John Hunt Morgan’s Raid - Jefferson County, Ohio series list. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1863.

Location. 40° 11.735′ N, 80° 46.575′ W. Marker is in Dillonvale, Ohio, in Jefferson County. Marker is on Ohio Route 150, 0.1 miles west of Main Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 62 Liberty Street, Dillonvale OH 43917, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); World War II Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Morgan's Raid (approx. 1.4 miles away); Deyarmonville (approx. 1.4 miles away); Mount Pleasant

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(approx. 1.6 miles away); Mt. Pleasant High School (approx. 1.9 miles away); Mount Pleasant Historic Underground Railroad District (approx. 1.9 miles away); Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dillonvale.

Additional commentary.
1. A little about the marker series:
On July 25-26, 1863, near the end of his Indiana-Ohio Raid, Confederate Gen. John Morgan's cavalry forces crisscrossed Jefferson County, Ohio. On the raid’s 50th anniversary, a Three Wars Celebration was held in Steubenville to honor Revolutionary War, Civil War and Spanish-American War soldiers. The Stanton Monument Association, originally formed to erect a statue of Lincoln War Secretary and Steubenville native Edwin Stanton (completed in 1911), organized the three-day 1913 extravaganza. Along the route of the Great Raid, 14 granite monuments were installed, each “about 1,800 pounds, being twenty inches square, resting on a concrete foundation, and four feet high, with a front bevel to receive a suitable bronze tablet 16x24 inches.”

— Submitted
Photographed By Jamie Abel

2. Morgan's Raid Marker
Undated photo provided by Jefferson County (Ohio) Historical Association.
November 2, 2010, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio.

Photographed By Jamie Abel, September 25, 2010

3. Morgan's Raid Marker

The building that the marker originally sat next to is now gone.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 23, 2010, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,144 times since then and 18 times this year. Last updated on November 10, 2010, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. Photos: 1. submitted on September 27, 2010, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. 2, 3. submitted on September 23, 2010, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.