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Place of origin.14011.4211.) Date../.49.210
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Diet. *it :efferson County 4,„.41., /f:i51/3y ti2? Words
of. k) 774miniecenoes of Dr. Charles Burdeall, Hanover, Indiana
Mr. deal was atout thirteen yearn of age. when Gen rorgan made his
raid through Indiana. He gave the story as followss
"T 1? -4v list 4 boys, but well do I remember the confueien and excitement
that revalled in our comunIty ,,hen word ease that LOrgen was leaving
old Paris for Vernon. We lived *bout four mlles from the road Morgan
traveled but nevertheless the horses were all driven into the thickets for
safe keeing.
la 'July a, orgt n6 his aideate dinner at the home of Dr. B. Po
?mesa, uhter later my wife, often recalled that Decadent not
kaloaim: 72:Organ she went up to him and said t/ would certainly like to see
your rebel leader'. rorgan answered. Melly My child, just take a good
look it met tor I um Zebu Morgan in persono, llost of the raiders foraged
their mealet aiostly byeissining out the grocery stores.
father was a blackaisith and had to on one dey shoeine horses in
nt when Vorgan'e men ware there, I think this was without recomenset
the next day he worked Shoeing horses for Hobson's men. The government
assumed this till. ails n'or,;an was at Dapr,nt there vas an old man
living 4thout two miles away- vici had hard nothing of the intruders. He had
a .ine yon c hors *.Joh he rode into town and was ordered to surrenders
instead of o'f4ying .4 turned and rod* raOdly away. The next command was
to ire then it was ecunterraanded and a bunch started in Tslruiet. The old
nn soon otutvitted his pursuers i-5r juItr a fence and hiding in a dense
thicket,
iinothor inctdent I remember was that of old Nelson Wiggins, he was
very timid and almost afraid of his shadow but with strongly southern viewer
Which were not so keen when he contacted Morgan's men. Be had a bag of
wool and was riding an old yellow mire to Sampson's mill at Old Paris.
Vhtle ridinz ..1.ont. a net two of lzorKants scouts who wanted to have a
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little Am at his upon.% They 4**d4 at (so no ammunt no see
would rant it at this Uncle Nelson put up soh Ate, that the Conte&
Wet*$ than told him to got on hie hero% They than throatonod to
take hi I2 Prisoner also. This almost mwie the old an frantic. Finally
after Hach ;loading he wee permitted to continuo on his old eiikgin Peaes•
Per 0. long Vas it was easy to so. whore the horns had tom hidden
in the thickets. Ono of our neighbors hid their horses in 4 this/not only
to have a. colt nolat and give away the hidinii Aoso to the Confoderat so.
Baboon's mem wore following aloof on the hoot* of ilargaile About if
1.00 of thee passed our bauso• This wue the only pact of the scar that I
saw,Thore w suite oontrust in the horoec of the two,. reran had
taken al the est no he cameo Hobson** Urine '7cere SO .14111?aM fagged out
they could hardly treevel• More were only *bout a mile behind at ;Xtpani
but were soon outAtiotanoed by the bettor h.croo.," (A)