West Point in Columbiana County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Morgan's Surrender
Photographed by Jamie Abel, circa 1994
1. Morgan's Surrender Marker
Erected 1909 by Will L. Thompson, East Liverpool, Ohio.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1864.
Location. 40° 41.833′ N, 80° 44.633′ W. Marker is in West Point, Ohio, in Columbiana County. It is on Ohio Route 518 0.2 miles east of Local Highway 784, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 40132 Ohio Route 518, West Point OH 44492, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley. It is also in the American Midwest, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: West Point Vicinity (here, next to this marker); Gavers (approx. 0.4 miles away); Church Hill Road Bridge / Timber Covered Bridges (approx.
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More about this marker. The marker has been moved to this location since the date the photograph was taken. It is now situated just off the side of the road, where, in the photo taken in the early 1990s, it can be seen next to a sidewalk off the road in a state-maintained roadside rest.
This from a July 21, 2003, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article:
"So in the rolling hills of rural Columbiana County, the monument to Morgan's surrender remains almost hidden from view to drivers along State Road 518. Erected in 1909 and dedicated a year later, it was moved 45 years ago to the rest area from its original location about 200 yards east when the state
Photographed by Jamie Abel, September 25, 2010
2. Morgan's Surrender Marker
The Morgan's Surrender marker as it now appears on the south side of Ohio Route 518 after its move from the roadside rest closed by the state.
Just over four years ago, the Ohio Department of Transportation closed the rest stop as part of a statewide program to abandon rest areas without septic systems, said Joel Hunt, an ODOT spokesman in Columbus."
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. An Iowa monument for Jackson's Missouri guerrillas marks the farthest north that any Confederate soldiers reached during the war, about five miles farther than Morgan's cavalry reached in Ohio.
Photographed by Jamie Abel, September 25, 2010
3. Morgan's Surrender Marker at new location.
Photographed by Jamie Abel, circa 1994
4. Former location of this Morgan's Surrender Marker
Photographed by Craig Doda, November 15, 2025
5. Morgan's Surrender Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on November 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 14, 2010, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. This page has been viewed 4,578 times since then and 161 times this year. Last updated on September 23, 2010, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. Photos: 1. submitted on September 14, 2010, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. 2, 3. submitted on October 1, 2010, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. 4. submitted on September 14, 2010, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. 5. submitted on November 18, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
