Morgan's Great Raid: Taking the War to the North
Sat, 18 Jan
|By Zoom
John Hunt Morgan's great raid of July 1863 ended in his own capture and that of most of his men; but it was also one of the most successful operations of its type in the Civil War. David Mowery suggests it represents the pinnacle of mounted raiding operations by either side.
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18 Jan 2025, 13:00 – 15:00 GMT
By Zoom
About the Event
From 2-26 July 1863, Confederate brigadier general John Hunt Morgan led nearly 2,500 cavalrymen on a daring raid through three Northern-held states. David Mowery will discuss how Morgan’s special-forces operation represented the pinnacle of his strategic and tactical skills and the best of his division’s raiding capabilities. No other American mounted infantry division on horseback would ever achieve what Morgan’s raiders accomplished on the Great Raid of 1863
About the Speaker
David L. Mowery is a native resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, and a graduate of the University of Cincinnati. American military history piqued his interest at an early age. Since childhood, he has researched and visited over eight hundred battlefields across fifty states and nine countries. In 2001, David joined the all-volunteer Ohio Civil War Trail Commission as its Hamilton County representative, but over the years his role expanded to include the final design and historical validation of the…
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