MORGANS RAID: That Time Indiana Was Invaded (Southern Indiana)

[@gregmccutchan.]

I've lived in southern Indiana my entire life and I've learned more about my home state from watching your videos than I ever learned in school. Thanks for the history lesson.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

My pleasure, Greg! Southern Indiana has been the adventure I always dreamed about as a kid. Have really enjoyed exploring the history and legends! 🙂

[@AdamosDad]

I'm 75 years old, Indiana history was mandatory in those days, but Roger has refreshed my memories of Indiana history and made me even prouder of our home.

[@pamcooper5837]

I never learned about this in school either, that I can remember. But then, it could be I wasn't paying attention. I learned mostly from reading the road markers, pamphlets, etc. I live on the Morgan's Trail, near Vernon. Perhaps they figure that we'd learn it via local lore.

[@thealgonquin5822]

​@@pamcooper5837Leftist don't want you to know this. Do yourself a favor and learn. Whether is be about this, or about what the leftists don't want you to know. Be curious. You will thank yourself for it.

[@johnjones9886]

Yes, me too, my cousin grew up in Harrison?, we lived near there in North Bend

[@jeffreyreed8714]

This needs to be mandatory viewing for every 4th grade classroom in Indiana! Excellant reporting and presentation, Roger!

[@MirandaHaines-u4z]

Absolutely love listening to your stories about Southern Indiana history! In Commiskey Indiana there is a place called Stream Cliff Herb Farm and one of the owners talks about the Morgan raid on the farm, very interesting. Great place to visit!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

This is a great day trip! While I thought I knew about the raid, I learned a great deal more.

[@michaelgarrity6090]

I never knew all of the history of Morgan's Raid. I did not know it was as extensive as this. It really was a fruitless exercise in futilty. It did nothing to change the ultimate course of the War or the fate of the Confederacy. You did a really good job in telling the story of the Raid. Excellent work as always, Roger!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thanks Michael! Lots of crazy things happened during the raid, more than I had time to tell! 🙂

[@fredflintstone6163]

I heard many stories of people my relatives knew who were barefoot most of year in early nineteen hundreds in my seventies im mostly barefoot maybe it is a native thing

[@onehot57]

Your videos are spectacular, a few years ago my wife and I had the great honor of being in Croydon during the Morgan raid reenactment, it was very interesting. My wife being a teacher was extremely excited! I also learned a bunch. Thanks for the great video!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank-you and my pleasure! Story by story, I’m trying to keep our history alive! 🙂

[@harrymyhero]

If you aren't the very best Indiana History teacher that any Indiana school has had, I would sure wonder why. Excellent video!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank-you!

[@amodernalchemist432]

I love to learn about history! As a Canadian, who can't physically visit and tour every single place, videos like these are like little gems! Rather than being filled with wonder and beauty they're packed full of information and wonderful pictures. Thank you for sharing this historical content. 🔥😄👍

[@reaganl.5113]

Wow, more detail than I have ever heard about Morgan and his raiders! Good work, this must have taken some serious time to research.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank-you! Filmed most of it last year, studied for several months, filmed a little more and edited for a month. Hopefully it will entertain and educate for a while to come!

[@justinangel4977]

I’m in Evansville born and raised never heard this story before. You are the man please keep em coming I love learning from your videos 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 btw my family owned the farmland that’s now Angel mounds and donated it to the state I have a few stories about it but would love to see you do a video about it.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Hi Justin! I did a movie about mound builders, and featured the Angel Mounds site. Link here: Indiana's Mysterious Mounds: Legends of Advanced Civilizations and Giants kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6qqqqiOrqxlo7M I’d made another one much earlier, covering the museum. Will likely be back when they complete the renovations.

[@pamelarust3487]

I’m from Evansville also. I had never heard this information. I have really enjoyed all the Indiana videos. I also encourage you to check out the mound builder series he recommended and after that check out Wayne May mound builder series also. I think these historic videos should be required for all senior high school students.

[@thomasnewcomb2079]

I graduated from Salem High in '89. As the family history goes, there was a "Newcomb & Crane" dry goods store on the square at the time of the raid. It apparently got cleaned out by Morgan.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

They hit Salem, HARD. Corydon had a fair amount of looting and extortion, but Salem was far worse, with burned bridges and a train depot.

[@jdlilfan]

Roger, this is your best video yet! I’m left speechless watching it. Well researched and amazing that you retraced the raid. Keep up the amazing work!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank-you! It was a story I wanted to tell, even if everyone’s not into Civil War history. I learned a lot, and hope others can too! 🙂

[@thekeeperofthegates]

Roger thank you for making this film. Dick Skidmore from Hanover Indiana was one of the main people involved in having the Morgan’s Raid trail documented by roadway. He was a key person for the information and the installation boards placed along the roadway all the way to Ohio. There is also a CD which near narrates the trail so you can listen to it as you drive along to each stop.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I tried to find more information about the kiosks, after filming. Having been exposed to harsh Indiana winters, and blistering summer heat, many of them are nearly unreadable. This very valuable piece of history needs a facelift, before nature erases them! Would love to know if anyone is already working on it.

[@thekeeperofthegates]

I will to get you more information within the next week or so. @@AdventureswithRoger

[@RobertFry3]

This was a great video. Its hard to find good quality U.S. history videos or documentaries with this amount of passion and info about local sites. I will definitely start checking out more of your videos. Thanks for the awesome video!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank-you, Robert! It took me a while, but I wanted to do it justice. Much of this history is being forgotten.

[@christyh5619]

..thank you! my great great great granddad is buried in Harrison Co. he was a member of the Iron Brigade. my great great grand, he is buried in d.c., at the soldiers memorial.♡ excellent work. just superb. you always manage to catch the astonishing beauty of our region. 🕊

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I hope to preserve the history and legends of our great state, for future generations. Always a work in process! 🙂

[@robertculver6845]

I'm a resident of Meade County. Founded December 17, 1823. I was at the dedication in brandenburg of monument of confederate general John Hunt Morgan. What a great video. Thank you

[@AdventureswithRoger]

The Meade County Museum is what first brought me to Brandenburg. I then found the other historic sites, beautiful waterfront, and Otter Creek. Just a really great area!

[@angelaengler2387]

Absolutely wonderful video Roger! Enjoyed it very much 🥰 thanks for your hard work, dedication and ability to teach us the history of southern Indiana! I’m going to look at my family tree today to see if my southern Indiana ancestors were affected by this terrible raid.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I know my Great Great Grandfather was! After the raid, he was 16, jumped on a wagon with his cousin, and joined the Union Army at Columbus, Indiana. The raid did more for recruitment than tons of fliers!

[@angelaengler2387]

So great that you know this information!

[@johnhoyle6390]

Always loved history documentaries and this one didn't disappoint. Of course couldn't help but notice that truss bridge at 16:45. The cutaway hills make it look more characteristic of a rail line but I guess it's done on roads too. Took a lot of guts for those locals to face off against trained hardened troops. My own grandfathers-grandfather ( Solomon H) was in the Civil war and captured at Gettysburg, but not in Indiana at all. Thank You Roger for all these great videos , they're so well done and always engaging.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

My pleasure, John! Lots of brave men that faced incredible odds. The end result of the raid was not only mass patriotism, but a surge in union recruitment. My Great Great grandpa and his cousin jumped on a wagon and went to Columbus to join the Union army. My Grandpa lied about his age, saying he was 18 when he was only 16. Later on in life he received a military pension from his two tours of duty, and received a military tombstone.

[@susanlongb4]

Fantastic video, Roger, as was your recent upload. I must've been under the weather when this one was uploaded. Very good!

[@joeycoll007]

I like to consider myself a history buff young man, but you have taught me many things I did not know about battles from the civil war that I did not know about and also so much more about Indiana in general I have lived most of my 63 years in Florida, Georgia and most recently the past 23 yrs in Tennessee alongside the Tennessee River. I am not in the best health anymore, but I would like to visit your great state soon if possible Thank you for teaching me a thing or two because the day I stop learning something each day will be the day I get planted in the ground

[@AdventureswithRoger]

My pleasure, Joey! Back when I was in elementary school, history was an important part of our education. We all looked forward to our field trips, acting-out historical events, and those experiences stayed with me. But when I moved to Southern Indiana, it was like a doorway to another world opened-up. History was everywhere, monuments and historical kiosks seemed to be everywhere I looked. It has been a joy to learn these many stories and share them! 🙂

[@ginamaria2579]

That was absolutely wonderful . Interesting and heart wrenching. I don’t usually save many videos this one gets saved and my children will be watching as well. Excellent video 🇺🇸☺️💕

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank-you, Gina! It was a complicated story that needed preserved. I don’t think anyone’s ever made an end-to-end Morgan’s Raid video, covering southern Indiana, so I figured I couldn’t do worse! 🙂

[@ginamaria2579]

@@AdventureswithRogerIt was so intriguing I’ll probably watch again. Maybe do some checking on names, as I have Indiana roots ☺️

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@ginamaria2579 I had to edit out a lot, there was too much to tell! Lots and lots of crazy but true stories. One raider stole both a man’s horse and the dinner basket his wife brought to him. Years after the war, the former raider moved to Kansas. He went to meet his neighbors, and it was the same woman and man he’d robbed in Indiana! In another story, raiders stopped at a man’s house and ate dinner with he and his family. At the end of meal, which must have been tense, the raider insisted that the man visit him at his home in the south, after the war, in better circumstances. What struck me were the names of the people that died at Mauckport and Corydon, defending their towns. These names are still prominent in the area.

[@ginamaria2579]

@@AdventureswithRoger wow see what I mean just so fascinating and just so cool . Story needed to be told and remembered 😆

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Doing my part to keep Indiana’s great stories alive! 🙂

[@vernleroyson331]

I go there every weekend in the summer to reset my soul from the toils of the week. The feeling you get there is peaceful and magical.

[@Chad_Rusher]

Awesome once again thanks for your time bringing this to us👍

[@AdventureswithRoger]

My pleasure, Chad! Really a worthy story to tell!

[@Chad_Rusher]

@@AdventureswithRoger that it is awesome job bud

[@kennyrobbins7136]

Very interesting, I learn so much from your videos

[@Backroadxplorers]

You told this story very well Thanks Roger

[@AdventureswithRoger]

It was a complicated one to tell! Hopefully it will preserve Indiana history a while longer

[@speakfreely.1776]

Great job on this video! Fascinating story.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

My pleasure! 🙂

[@panthazt29]

Another excellent video , I actually live walking distance from the Corydon battle site . Always been interested in this story . Again your videos are the best

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank-you! Corydon is simply loaded with history. I’d covered Battle Park before, but wanted to both do it better, and continue to the Ohio border. Took so much longer than I thought it would, but tells a story of brave people against incredible odds, not in their favor.

[@davidclark9150]

Thank you for a wonderful story filled with fascinating details.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

My pleasure, David! It took a lot longer than I thought it would, but if it preserves Indiana history a little longer, it was worth it! 🙂

[@Nanna-t1l]

I absolutely love your videos... You have shown me so much that I had no clue about. Thank you. Keep bringing these. I showed my husband some of these and he really enjoyed them as well. Again thank you so much!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank-you! I inherited my love of Indiana from my parents, and try to bring the joy of travel, and discovery, to all of these films! It’s always wonderful to hear, that people like what I do! 🙂

[@darahhart5872]

Very interesting, thanks again for all the hard work you put into each video. This one is especially interesting.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

It was a complicated story, but keeping the history and lessons alive, made it worth telling. 🙂

[@Jack_thereaper]

I've been to many of the places you highlight, and let me say, you paint one heck of a picture, brother. I really enjoy your content. Indiana has so much history!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank-you! Lots of hidden histories, and gems just off the beaten path. 🙂

[@RetiredLovingIt]

So interesting! We always enjoy your videos Roger! Thanks for sharing this

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Lots and lots of research and editing on this one! These stories teach valuable lessons, affect people that live in these towns, and honor ancestors that endured it all. I absolutely wanted to get it right, for all those reasons. 🙂

[@RetiredLovingIt]

@@AdventureswithRoger we appreciate all the work that went into this!!

[@geraldmckillip5594]

Thank-you again for the History Lesson , 👍👍👍

[@AdventureswithRoger]

My pleasure!

[@paddyboy1312]

As a direct descendant of Thomas Henry Hines, thank you for telling the raiders story.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

He was a crafty spy, and I’m not sure anyone else has covered him in a movie. He was also pretty young during the civil war!

[@Deborah3810]

We enjoyed your summary. Thanks for the history tour!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

It was a fun adventure, trying to find all of these places, and combine them with the story. 🙂

[@jeff1176]

I've never been into the museum in Corydon. Might be worth a Saturday afternoon, I'd also like to tour the old capitol building.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

The Corydon museum is well done but fairly small. You can easily fit it in with the capital your. As one of my favorite towns and counties, I spent several years pulling together a video about it. You might see some other places to visit while you’re there! HIDDEN WORLDS: Exploring Corydon and Harrison County Indiana kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZCzqXmdlsqrrZo

[@Johnboy-of3vo]

Amazing video brother, BRAVO !

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank-you!

[@stevenventre8191]

While doing ancestry on my maternal ancestors I discovered that my 2nd great grandfather was part of Morgan's Raiders. He was from Grant County, Kentucky. He didn't make it that far in Indiana and was captured in North Vernon, Indiana. He was sent to Camp Douglas in Chicago, Illinois and spent 2 years as a pow. I found reports made by his Union captors at Camp Douglas stating he was tired of being a rebel, that he was lied to, and was willing to take the oath of allegiance. Apparently he didn't and was kept until May of 1865 and sent back home to Grant County through Cincinnati to go back to farming. I knew none of this history growing up and Apparently it wasn't discussed by family. I cannot find any death record of him or where he might be buried. But everyone else is buried in the local church cemetery including his wife who remarried after his death. Thanks for this video I've tried to get more info on the Indiana raid.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Some places of burial just have bad records. Earlier today, I visited an old city cemetery, to see a famous persons grave. As a once prominent citizen, his family stone is quite impressive, and near the front. But the office had no record of him. Did not make sense at all, even the person in the office didn’t know why. My great great great Grandfather is said to be buried near his wife’s grave, but he also doesn’t have a stone or cemetery record.

[@tdw5933]

Camp Douglas was a hell hole

[@callahan1967]

I see my property, 3 of my neighbors homes and my parents' former home in Vernon. I'm new to the area and a neighbor recently shared the story of the man murdered for his gold in the home she lives in. So neat to see that home it in the video. Do you know Sheila Kell? She is a genealogist and county historian in Jennings. I'm sharimg this with my neighbors! Thanks again, keep up the good work.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Lots of Indiana gold stories, I hadn’t heard this one though! I don’t know anyone in Vernon, but if I’d visited on a weekday, that might’ve been different. 🙂 Always a pleasure to cover small towns and get to know new people!

[@davidkimmel4216]

Thank You. Very interesting

[@lindajones5619]

Excellent work! Thank you

[@chrisblack8390]

Thank you Roger. Wonderful story.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank-you, Chris!

[@Woody_Florida]

Great video and very well done. This was a subject i have been curious about and i learnes so much. Thanks

[@AdventureswithRoger]

It took me a while, but it was time well spent, to capture a story worth remembering.

[@Woody_Florida]

@@AdventureswithRoger I really enjoy and appreciate your work. Thanks.

[@dwayne5698]

Such a GREAT history lesson!!! Thank you so much!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

My pleasure! 🙂

[@legacyXplore]

Have you heard any confirmation on the location of the KY gold coin find in June? I saw you reference it in your Reno video. The word is the farm was right on Johnson’s line coming up north. It never crossed my mind being connected to the Reno’s but it’s an interesting thought. Your an incredible researcher. Would like to talk sometime.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Never heard of an exact location. Like I was telling someone else, finding treasure is a tricky affair. If it’s found on government land, you’ve automatically lost a claim. But if you SAY you found it on private land, and there’s no proof of theft from the government, you might be able to cash in. I found it interesting that the location was never mentioned, and the lot was sold before anyone had much to say about it. There’s always the possibility, that there could be more at the same place, or you simply don’t want 10,000 people arriving with metal detectors. But I can only wonder if it was actually found on public land.

[@AdamosDad]

Morgans Raiders passed 1 mile from my childhood home at Sunman Indiana. There is a large stone with bronze legend about the raid on highway 101 at St. Paul Methodist Church just south of Sunman. Most of my family is buried in the St. Paul cemetery.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Funniest thing about the St Paul cemetery: on the posted rules it says “no horses”.

[@AdamosDad]

@@AdventureswithRoger And I have never in my 75 years seen anyone break those rules. It is a very well-kept cemetery, on both sides of the road. If you are on the side where the Morgan marker is and look toward the church, we lived about a mile down that road. Thanks again, for your work.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Apart from getting me out of the house and seeing interesting things, I get to meet nice people along the way. Both in small towns and in the comments section, I’m blessed with stories I would’ve never known. 🙂

[@photosbyjf]

I knew of Morgan's raid but didn't know about Morgans raid, now I do

[@edwardh1591]

Enjoyed the video Roger.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thanks, Edward!

[@markhumphrey5409]

Excellent video and narration

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank-you, Mark!

[@AdventuresUnseen24]

Enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing. 🤗

[@bevkern3858]

Thanks love history 😊❤

[@robtholt4351]

Great video!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank-you, Rob!

[@Chad_Rusher]

I really enjoy this I had no clue about all this and I live in southern Indiana.. but anyway I'll let u go just wanted to say thanks again, u have a good night

[@AdventureswithRoger]

You too Chad! As a Hoosier, I like to talk with people, share stories, and learn something I didn’t know the day before! And just when I think I’ve covered it all, there’s more!

[@Zoultar]

Glad to see my hometown get a segment in this video

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I hang out a lot in Harrison and Crawford counties, but this one took me all over, to small towns I’d never seen before

[@peggybaxter8480]

I was there for an Ogle reunion the morning after my 20 year class reunion. Needless to say at that point in my life I was a LITTLE hungover. It is beautiful there! Our class reunion was at the hotel there on airport road that's been there forever. I can't remember the name. That would've been1989! You brought back memories again! Thank You Sean!

[@supersteimy8200]

As always well done!

[@G.S.W.SewmesomeMusic]

That explains the canon on the courthouse square in Salem as a kid growing up there I was told it was defense against troublemakers from Corydon!? Who new.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Apparently not a lot of people, not even me! I didn’t know this story until I moved to Southern Indiana. 🙂

[@TrinaDavis-ji3rq]

You are an inspiration

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank-you, Trina!

[@vancrawford4064]

Awesome job again Roger. The big white house up on the hill in Brandenburg overlooking the Confederate statue is my parents house. However we all still live in Wolf Creek.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I was just there on Sunday afternoon, with a friend of mine. As we looked at the mural, they asked if that was once a hotel or always a house. I didn’t know, but hadn’t read of it being a hotel before.

[@vancrawford4064]

It was my moms great uncles house. He was an attorney his whole life. The house him and his wife built there in 1965 was completely blown away in the tornado. The property has been in the family for over 150 years.@@AdventureswithRoger

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Very cool history! I actually got more story ideas, looking at the mural of the Meade County map. Petroglyphs, caves, Brandenburg stone, lots of interesting places!

[@vancrawford4064]

I wish I could find out more history about Wolf Creek than I have been able to find.@@AdventureswithRoger

[@BillyWilliams-r7g]

This is the best documentary pertaining to this raid I'm aware of! Like one who commented here in, this video should be in our school's, and stop teaching the fake history I discovered later on in my life. Fake history has to be removed! Rodger I need to make contact with you I feel. Can I do so without being exposed to public view? Thank you Billy, new harmony IN

[@AdventureswithRoger]

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[@sciencereactions8221]

This video should be catalogued in the National Archives. Does anyone know/understand the historical marker considering Morgan’s Raid in Hartsville(along Hwy 46)?

[@hoosierpatriot2280]

My children went to Morgan Elementary in Palmyra. It's right on S.R. 135 which is the route Morgan took to Salem which is also part of the Buffalo Trace.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I completely missed the school! It was really interesting about what happened after the civil war. There was a great interest in re-uniting the country, and all kinds of memorials, schools, and military bases honored confederates that were admired by southerners and southern sympathizers. It sounds counterintuitive and counterproductive today, but it helped smooth over differences, by acknowledging people that were respected in the confederacy.

[@hoosierpatriot2280]

@@AdventureswithRoger it's completely understandable that you overlooked the school. You taught me so much about this raid that I didn't know. I have lived in Southern Indiana all my life except what I spent in the military and I have learned more from you about my home than anyone or anything else and for that, I am indebted to you.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I’m always learning as I go, and good people provide more gems I didn’t know about! 🙂

[@chiefdan]

I think the confederate monument at Morgan’s Landing is complete garbage and serves to distort history with false patriotism

[@chiefdan]

💙🎥🙏

[@NewbingWithRebs]

I grew up in North Vernon and Morgans Raid was one of the stories that's talked about often. The only thing that wasnt talked about in the video, thats well known here, is that Morgan did march on Vernon before the Union arrived. They came through at Old Tunnel Mill. The people of Vernon (i think Norrh Vernon as well) got together with torches, made tons of noise with anything they could and yelling (it was dark out) and marched continually uver and through Tunnel Mill. They made so much racket and seemed to be a never ending army so Morgan's Raiders ended up tucking tail and leaving believing they were highly outnumbered.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Lester Holt recorded that Morgan was big at bluffing, but realized the town was only waiting for reinforcements: he too was being bluffed! I still think it’s very cool, that Vernon was the only town that stood up to Morgan, and he backed down.

[@jasongriffin8849]

Just thought I'd mention that the movie "Friendly Persuasion " was about Morgan's Raid in Southern Indiana's Jennings County. It was based on Jessamyn West's book "The Friendly Persuasion" (1945).

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Have never seen / heard of that one. Any idea how it portrayed events?

[@jasongriffin8849]

@@AdventureswithRoger it was basically following a family that was in the path of the raid. It's been probably 15 years since I've watched it. I do not recall much else. Lol

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@jasongriffin8849 I often forget what I ate yesterday! 🙂

[@brettw5555]

I live not far of where Morgan crossed the Whitewater River to get to West Harrison, Indiana and Harrison, Ohio area and I did hear how Morgan did burn down the bridge that was there at the time when he went through the area. There is also markers of where he traveled through to get to West Harrison at North Dearborn Rd. and St. Route 1 and at a four way stop at North Dearborn Rd., Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Whites Hill Rd.

[@tdw5933]

My great grandfather Johnson White of the 1st Kentucky Calvary helped chase Morgan's Raiders

[@Blitz9H]

Word is that there is a grave of one of Morgan’s men, on private property, near Leota. I have driven past the spot, but I did not see anything from the road. If I recall correctly, the grave is on S. Bloomington Trail Rd.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I’d not heard that one, just the one outside Salem. It might be the same person. I also saw a map with a civilian casualty, further south, but I couldn’t find a name.

[@Blitz9H]

Thank you. A friend here in the county had told me, and pointed it out on the hillside

[@twillison8824]

South Union by Rick Kelsheimer is a really good book about skirmishes with southern sympathizers in the Wabash River valley during the Civil War. I highly recommend it.

[@jeff1176]

Is the little red shed building and the MORGAN HERITAGE TRAIL sign in New Middletown?

[@AdventureswithRoger]

That’s Leota. At Christmas they host a drive through Nazareth, with people from the Church as actors. Really worthwhile trip to see such a large production.

[@tedc7714]

Henry rifles made the differences. I stopped to tour the old stone building Its neat. They loaded everyhing on wagons and moved the Capitol to Indy.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Those rifles were a terror, for rebels with single shots, needing a lengthy setup.

[@michaelgarrity6090]

Henry Repeating Rifles were as we say today: "A game changer!" In trust time. They still are fine rifles.

[@Zoultar]

Where i live theres alot of the historical markers about morgans raid

[@AdamosDad]

"Evil can never be dead enough."

[@SugarMilkbro]

I live about 1 mile from grants birthplace over in ohio. Morgan's Raid came though here too. My cousin is a concrete finisher and in a lot that is in the path of Morgan's raid they dug up a couple of cannon balls. Authorities were not interested in the artifacts so my uncle has one in his garage. Obviously there is no proof that was from this conflict, but for me, it is fun to imagine.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

After I published this video, a guy said he’d found a cannonball near New Pekin, Indiana, where there was a short civil war battle. I’d never really thought of civil war artifacts in Indiana, but now wonder what’s along the Ohio River, where the raiders crossed. There were countless cannonballs volleyed to both sides, but I’ve never heard of people finding them. All I know is that those cannonballs are HEAVY. My wife’s dad and I moved one, that had been in the family for over 160 years. Big as a bowling ball, we had a ramp to put it in the truck at his mothers house, and take it off at his. I asked my wife’s dad, “You’re sure this thing isn’t loaded?” Unconvincingly he said, “I think so.” It had been found in Tennessee and made its way to Indiana. “Well it hasn’t blown anyone up yet.” 😂

[@SugarMilkbro]

@AdventureswithRoger thankfully the one he found is about 12 pounds, and I don't think it's ordnance by the size of it. There's a lot of history along this river, and much of it is being lost with the older generations passing. I look forward to more videos, keep up the good work

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@SugarMilkbro Absolutely true about history and folklore being lost. Doing what I can to revive these rich stories. 🙂

[@bobbiejothomas681]

Are you or have you been a history teacher? If not, you should be. If you taught kids the way you present this information here i think kids would be interested and learn a lot about the place they are born and raised. This is awesome Roger 👏, I love watching your videos. Thanks for everything you do, God bless you and your family 🙏❤️

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Was never a history teacher, but I’ve always appreciated history. Finding a good story and researching it, is good fun!

[@bobbiejothomas681]

@@AdventureswithRoger you are a good story teller and you definitely know what you are talking about but it's not boring or arrogant so I appreciate that 😁.

[@renekelly4199]

I always wondered if there were a lot of sympathizers in Harrison County. In Morgan Township, the school teams were Morgan's Raiders before they were consolidated into North Central Consolidated School in 1969 when I was a junior. Since then, the school has been North Harrison. But Morgan Township Elementary is still a separate school.

[@johnjones9886]

My grandparents had a farm in Sunman Indiana

[@davidhuber7552]

According to a family story, in southern Indiana my gr.-gr.-grandmother (nee Sibler) fed pancakes to Morgan's Raiders so her husband (Folzenlogel) would have enough time to hide their livestock in the woods.

[@jeff1176]

A lot of riding and plundering for 6 days. Then to carry on to Ohio and back into Kentucky. 46 days in total. A lot of ground to cover.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Talk about saddle sores!

[@scottcaldwell7480]

Interesting reactions to this video.

[@KentuckyGirl]

I don't know how you do it, but you have topped🏆 yourself again. My hoosier husband is a descendent of Col. John Timberlake.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

A surprising number of families from that time period, still live in either Southern Indiana or Kentucky. Boone, Heth, many others! When you live in a great place, why move! I had almost 100% of this one filmed, last year. I think a part of me realized how tough it would be to edit, and kept putting it off. 😂

[@merica17]

Had an ancestor apart of Morgan's raid but I had ancestors that fought in the union and the Confederacy

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Many people had family on both sides of the conflict. One of the most famous stories is of two brothers that left their parents home to join the war. One joined the union, the other confederate. After a battle in Tennessee was over, one of brothers found that he’d killed his own brother.

[@darrellhall6622]

Got it. If you don't remember history then you're doomed to repeat it.

[@leemblake]

What’s the difference between this and Sherman burning Georgia or dropping napalm?

[@AdventureswithRoger]

About the same.

[@annaputnam5389]

No Roger, W.T. Sherman 's "march to the sea" was far worse than anything Morgan (or any Confederate general officer) ever presided over. If you want to see evil on parade, look at the USA, from Sherman's march to the 1945 bombing of Dresden to an invasion of Iraq over non-existent WMDS. Reality can be hard to face. @@AdventureswithRoger

[@stevenventre8191]

Camp Douglas took notes when interviewing Confederate pow's. My 2 great grandfather told them he was lied when joining Morgan's Raiders. After watching this video it is clear of what he said. He was probably told we will be raiding in Kentucky only then got stuck crossing into Indiana. He was captured in North Vernon, Indiana.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Studying for this film, a few things stood out. While Morgan had Confederate regulars, he attracted a bunch of “free booters”, young men that were looking for some adventure. They got more than they bargained for, as most thought they were capturing Kentucky for the Confederacy, and going home. They had no idea about Indiana. It’s unclear to me if Indiana was always in Morgan’s plan. Or if the death of his young brother, while attacking Louisville, pushed him to revenge. Based on his personality, I get the feeling that it was something Morgan had planned all along, wanting to be the commander that pushed the furthest north. While Bragg was right about not crossing the Ohio River, and risking soldiers that were in short supply, the raid absolutely shook the Union, just like Morgan wanted. Lots and lots of patriotic young people went to sign up for service, directly after the raid. My GG Grandfather, and his cousin, jumped on a wagon and travelled to where young boys were mustering into Union service, at Columbus, Indiana. He lied about his age too! 🙂

[@northwesttravels7234]

Why play In Peril on the Sea in the background?

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Why not?

[@woppysue]

Excellent video.... (but a naval hymn?)

[@AdventureswithRoger]

99.999% just think it’s moody men’s choir music. But nooooo, we have a music aficionado in the clubhouse! 😂 Kidding aside, I was thinking of how director Tony Scott used a naval choir, in “Crimson Tide”, to create a very cool vibe. Watched several times, I asked myself why it worked. I believe it’s because a men’s choir reinforced the theme of power, formality, and finality. It borders on creepy and holds attention. So, maybe not as appropriate as drum and fife for a cavalry man, the naval choir seemed to work for the vibe.

[@woppysue]

@@AdventureswithRoger I love your videos. I watch them all. Thank you for making them. I look forward to more. Side note: Are you related to Tom Turpin a former Entomology Professor at Purdue?

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@woppysue I don’t know him, but down the line: very likely related. Unless ancestors stole the surname, all Turpin’s / Turpen’s originate from France, then hit North America as French explorers / trappers, or colonists from England. I only know this from stealing decades of genealogy work from relatives. 🙂

[@bevkern3858]

O Morgan traveled lot of miles 😅

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Tell me about it! It was a big trip in a car, I can only imagine going on horse!

[@jeromejackson2018]

Read in newspaper about escaped Southern soldiers who routed the town of St Albans, VT and burned it down. Made into a movie with Van Johnson. Think this qualifies as the furthest Southern Raid of the Notrh. VT is a bit further North than Indiana.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I don’t know anything about that one. But history books cite the raid across Indiana as the furthest confederate assault of the civil war. It could be that the escaped soldiers in Vermont didn’t count as a planned military campaign, so were omitted.

[@greg7129]

The story no one talks about is what the northern troops were doing to the southern people. What Morgan did in Indiana and Ohio was a drop in the bucket compared to what was going on in the south. If you look at all the truths General Morgan was probably just giving back a little bit of what had been dished out. It did help southern morale and I do believe that is exactly what John H. Morgan was hoping for. Morgan was a very smart man / leader, there is no doubt, and it is not likely at all that he believed he could win the war by his raid. History is his / story and the victors always get to write the so called official story. This was a very interesting video, thanks for your work.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

If you haven’t heard of it before, “the immortal 600” is a very good example of northern war atrocities, using confederate prisoners as human shields. Bad stuff was going on, with both sides. Hidden behind the Meade County Museum, is an immortal 600 monument, and a kiosk that tells the story. Morgan didn’t think the raid would win the war, but he did believe it would have a much larger impact than it did. He had a history of brash decisions, even getting expelled from school for dueling with a fraternity brother. Some historians believe Basil Duke was the true brains behind the raid, a level-headed lawyer that could talk Morgan off the cliff. By many after-the-war anecdotes, Morgan seemed to think southerners living in Indiana would join the fight, and thought their numbers were far greater than they really were. What isn’t disputable, is that he was a pretty restless person, that wanted to do something big, even if it meant disregarding orders from his superiors. He’d inherited some wealth, but he’d also made many successful business enterprises: he was used to doing things his way and knew what success felt like. He wanted more. Though I can only wonder, how the raid would’ve went without Duke, Hines, and his other competent commanders.

[@MegaRiffraff]

👍🏻

[@wysteria4J.9512]

New Albany born and raised

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I have filmed a ton of things at old New Albany! I’ve got at least one more segment to complete.

[@wysteria4J.9512]

My ancestors are buried in Fairview Cemetery. According to a 5th cousin in another state doing a family tree. Long story.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I once did genealogy for two decades, met distant cousins from all over the country.

[@georgemacdonell2341]

I smell a yankee at the end, it's just divergent loyalty Billy, nothing personal. Johnny.

[@sallymay3643]

✌️🇺🇸

[@drkennedy611]

The towns and cities in the south relieved much harsher treatment.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Sherman’s attack on Atlanta immediately comes to mind

[@leemblake]

More bombs than ww2

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Lots of horrible stories about civilian carnage, in every recorded war. The reason Morgan’s Raid stands out, is that even the confederates didn’t want or authorize it. Morgan wanted a run for glory and to terrorize innocent people, he did it on his own. Estimates as low as 2,200 men, up to 7,000, invaded Indiana, with high confidence that there would be no serious opposition. Like shooting fish in a barrel. Or more accurately, thugs on horses doing whatever they wanted. Basil Duke and Thomas Hines did a great deal of post war marketing, to make it sound like an honorable operation, when it wasn’t.

[@threefiveseven]

@@AdventureswithRoger War is hell. I'm sure you love what Sherman did to Georgia and south carolina.

[@Paul-t2o]

The parties never switched so I think the southerners had this right. Most slave owners were democrats, and the first party that let black people become political figures were the Republicans 👍 Just my opinion after extensive research. Not all southerners supported slavery and owned slaves. I’ve lived in southern Indiana, Louisville, and Louisiana my entire life. As well as getting a very good understanding of exactly what was going on. I think the Yankees didn’t realize what and who they were fighting for. Abraham Lincoln was conned and when they were through with him they killed him.

[@johnhurt5406]

At least Morgan did not "March to the Sea" and burn down every city, village, and house in a 60 mile wide path, like Sherman did. Waging war against unarmed civilians is a war crime, and what Morgan did was mild compared to what the Yankees did to the South for 4 long and terrible years.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Candidly, both were atrocities. And in this case, there was zero tactical or strategic reason. Not one. Morgan just wanted to do it for his own vain glory, even against the wishes of his confederate superior. People died for that vanity.

[@jxx9394]

I live in southern Indiana around the area they went through somewhere around here there is supposedly a hidden treasure hidden in a cave

[@AdventureswithRoger]

They stole a lot of paper currency from mills and businesses. They missed a small gold fortune at Salem, as the depot master hid it in a house basement. I can’t recall if they got any gold elsewhere in Indiana. After Morgan escaped the Ohio penitentiary, and regrouped, a bank was robbed in Kentucky, supposedly by his new group of men. That was said to be gold, and no one has ever found it.