Confederate Brigadier John Hunt Morgan and about 500 remaining raiders had narrowly escaped pursuing Union forces under Brigadier General James M. Shackelford and had survived their artillery barrage near Georgetown.
The Union troops and horses . . . — — Map (db m79818) HM
General John H. Morgan in command of Confederate Troops entered Jefferson County here July 25, 1863; proceeded northward via Short Creek Valley, Smithfield and other Villages, pursued, under orders of Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, by Gen. James M. . . . — — Map (db m37146) HM
