In August 1973, the U.S. Congress Designated a
cross-country stretch of interstate as the "Dwight D.
Eisenhower Highway," in tribute to President Eisenhower's
early recognition of the need for national network of
highways to enhance the . . . — — Map (db m166451) HM
On July 23, 1863, General John Hunt Morgan entered Guernsey County with 600 Confederate cavalrymen, the remnant of a 2,000-man diversionary raiding force that had traversed Kentucky, Indiana, and southern Ohio. Morgan’s forces halted in Old . . . — — Map (db m1036) HM
Morgan's Raiders were here overtaken and defeated by Union cavalry under Gen. Shackelford, July 24, 1863.
A memorial to the fortitude and patriotism of our fathers and mothers. — — Map (db m4956) HM
Old Washington was platted along Zane’s Trace in 1805 by the brothers George and Henry Beymer. Within two years twelve log dwellings had been built, making it the oldest settlement in Guernsey County. Originally known as New Washington, the official . . . — — Map (db m99047) HM
At mid-morning on Friday, July 24, 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and fewer than 600 Confederate raiders approached Washington (now Old Washington) from the south.
The billowing smoke rising from nearby Campbell's Station had alerted . . . — — Map (db m92539) HM
Here was laid to rest by the citizens of Washington under public authority the bodies of three Confederate cavalrymen killed during the Battle of Washington July 24, 1863, when a force in command of Confederate General John Morgan was overtaken and . . . — — Map (db m1037) HM
