Battle of Buffington Island: Morgan's Foray Across the Ohio River
After traveling 1,100 miles in two weeks, John Hunt Morgan and his men had reached the end of their raid through Kentucky and states north of the Ohio...
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Buffington Island
The Battle of Buffington Island is the only battle that was fought in Ohio in the Civil War. The battle was a decisive engagement between Union...
Buffington Island Battlefield
The Buffington Island Battlefield Memorial Park marks the Battle of Buffington Island, the only Civil War battle fought in Ohio, fought on July 19...
Buffington Island | July 19, 1863
In July 1863, as the Confederacy was reeling from losses at Vicksburg and Gettysburg, General John Hunt Morgan and his men made their way to...
Help Preserve 117 Acres at Buffington Island
This 117-acre tract in Meigs County, Ohio, is threatened by residential development and nearby mining that would encroach on the battlefield and...
Morgan's Great Raid of 1863
In the summer of 1863, things were looking very bleak for the Confederate armies in the field with battles and campaigns like Gettysburg, Vicksburg...
Daniel McCook, Sr.
Daniel McCook, Sr., was born on June 20, 1798, in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, and was the son of an Irish Revolutionary who fled to the United States in...