Path of Destruction and Damage

Path of Destruction and Damage. Battle of Buffington Island. Claims Against the Rebels , Morgan's prime objective was striking fear in the civilian population. Along the route of the raid, Morgan's men took horses and provisions, destroyed property, and pillaged items from homes and businesses. Arriving at Buffington Island, Morgan and over 2,000 raiders had acquired a long train of wagons filled with raided booty. According to a Cincinnati Gazette reporter who had come upriver with the gunboats, "On the battlefield of Buffington Island, one could pick up almost any article in the dry goods, hardware, house furnishing or ladies' or gentlemen's furnishing , linen, hats, boots, gloves, knives, forks, spoons, calico, ribbons, drinking cups, buggies, carriages, a circus wagon, and an almost endless variety of articles useful and all more or less valuable." , Top right chart: Claims Against the Union - During the pursuit, Union soldiers also needed fresh horses and provisions. Additionally, claims were filed for "damages by Union forces, NOT under command of United States officers." , Bottom right map - Broken down by county, this map documents the damage claims from the time Morgan and his men entered Ohio until the Battle of Buffington Island.