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corrections?

Maybe John Hunt Morgan and his confederates didn’t escape through a sewer under the Ohio Penitentiary; it might have been an air chamber. Maybe the escapees didn’t head to Kentucky right after the break-out; they might have gone north first. … Continue reading

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sewer escape

Morgan’s Raid through Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio during June and July of 1863 ended when Confederate General John Hunt Morgan was captured on July 26th. He escaped from the clink about four months later. From The New-York Times November 29, … Continue reading

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