Historical Markers in Maukport, Indiana

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Historical Markers in Maukport, Indiana

1 ► Indiana, Harrison County, Maukport — Last Home of Squire Boone —

Four miles northwest, Squire Boone, wilderness scout, brother of Daniel, settled on Buck Creek in 1804. He built Harrison County's first mill. Squire Boone died in 1815. — — Map (db m126215) HM

2 ► Indiana, Harrison County, Maukport — 2 — Morgan Enters Indiana — John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail —

On Tuesday, July 7, 1863, the first units of General Morgan’s cavalry command arrived at Brandenburg, Kentucky. Their mission was to capture boats to be used for ferrying Morgan’s two thousand men across the 800-1,000-yard-wide Ohio River into . . . — — Map (db m126274) HM

3 ► Indiana, Harrison County, Maukport — 1 — Morgan’s Great Raid — Six Days of Terror — John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail —

July 8, 1863. Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and 2,000 cavalrymen crossed the Ohio River into Indiana. They were transported from Brandenburg, Kentucky, on two captured steamboats. For six days, the Raiders rode through Southern Indiana. . . . — — Map (db m126220) HM

4 ► Indiana, Harrison County, Maukport — Morgan's Raid — July 8-13, 1863 —

Despite naval and militia opposition, General John Hunt Morgan, commanding about 2,200 Confederate cavalrymen, began his Indiana raid by crossing the Ohio at this point, July 8, 1863. — — Map (db m126216) HM

5 ► Indiana, Harrison County, Maukport — The Civil War Comes to Indiana — John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail —

By July 1863, the American Civil War had entered its third brutal summer. In the East, Confederate forces commanded by Robert E. Lee successfully turned back repeated Union attempts to capture the Southern capital at Richmond. General Lee even . . . — — Map (db m126219) HM

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