On
the night of July 2, 1863, Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan crossed
the Cumberland River at Burkesville, Kentucky with 2,500 troops and
headed north on his GREAT RAID INTO INDIANA AND OHIO. Exceeding his
commander Braxton Bragg’s order, Morgan planned to take Louisville,
cross the Ohio River, and take the war into Northern territory. Some
historians think Morgan’s ultimate goal was to link up with Lee’s
army in Pennsylvania.
