Morgan’s Raid – Today In Southern History
22 December 1862
On this date in 1862…
General John Hunt Morgan’s Confederate cavalry crossed the Cumberland River to raid federal installations in occupied Kentucky.
Other Years:
1769 – A Shawnee war party captured Daniel Boone.
1775 – A force of 1,500 Patriot rangers and militia captured a Loyalist force in Great Canebrake, South Carolina.
1830 – The State of Georgia prohibited whites from being on Cherokee land without a permit.
1961 – SP4 James Davis of Livingston, Tennessee became the first U.S. soldier to die in Vietnam, while serving as a military adviser.
1991 – The body of Lt. Col. William R. Higgins, an American hostage from Danville, Kentucky murdered by his captors, was found along a highway in Lebanon.
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Proud to say my ancestor took part in the action at Great Cane Brake as part of the 2nd NC Regiment of volunteers. Since his family had suffered at the hands of loyalist reprisals following the failed Regulator Rebellion of 1771, I would not be surprised if he were one of the patriots reprimanded for the mistreatment of prisoners.