Evendale

Evendale. Morgan's Raiders Spread Out from Sharonville. More than a week after the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, nearly 2,000 rebel soldiers remained on Northern soil. In the early morning of July 14, 1863, the crack Confederate cavalry division of Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan rode south and east through Evendale, separating into small squads to forage for food, horses, and other provisions. Civilians described Morgan's men as "un-uniformed, many of them having linen dusters over their coats." Some raiders carried new repeating rifles, while others had sabers and revolvers. To the locals, "the men appeared very much fatigued, and pushed on rapidly." , Union Cavalry Chases Morgan's Raiders , Riding on the heels of Morgan's men, Brigadier General Edward H. Hobson's Union troopers arrived in the mid-afternoon. Like Morgan's cavalry, Hobson's soldiers took whatever horses and supplies they needed. Plenty of water and home-cooked food patriotically provided by local residents. Learning from citizens that the Confederates had passed through at dawn, Hobson realized that his men would need every ounce of energy and determination to catch up with Morgan. , Confederate Foraging , A small group of Morgan's Raiders quenched their thirst and watered their horses at George Brown's lower springhouse. They rode away with two horses from Brown's barn. Brown later recovered one of his horses after it had been ridden hard and discarded as damaged. Although the 8th Kentucky (U.S.) Cavalry retrieved the other horse, the soldiers never returned it., [Photo captions] , Left map: To maximize foraging operations, Morgan's Raiders took several routes through Sycamore Township. Morgan's men confiscated horses and other items from at least ten farms (here highlighted) within present-day Evendale. The timeline of Confederate maneuvers on July 14, 1863: , (1) 2:30-5:30 am Morgan's Division marches to Sharonville; , (2) 4:30-6:30 am Colonel Duke's brigade, guarding the wagon train, takes the direct route to Montgomery; , (3) 3:30-6 am General Morgan rides with Colonel Johnson's brigade toward Reading; , (4) 5-7 am Morgan and Johnson's men pass through East Sycamore (today's Rossmoyne). , Top right: Morgan's Raiders foraged the George Brown Farm at dawn on July 14, 1863. The 1835 Brown home and barn are preserved within the Gorman Heritage Farm at the end of the trail leading east from here. , Text: David L. Mowery and Dutch Speidel , Map and Illustration: Bev Kirk . This historical marker was erected in 2013 by the Ohio Department of Transportation, the Ohio History Connection, and the Ohio Civil War Trail Commission.. It is in Evendale in Hamilton County Ohio