Story written and reshared by Mary Wilson and Sharon Y. Asher with excerpts taken from “Outdoor Indiana,” written by Arville L. Funk and reprinted from “The Scarlet Mask” written by Carl R. Bogardus, Sr., M.D., 1960 This story is the first of five installments on this blog. Each week the story will be continued for…
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In the Indiana Constitution of 1816, stated in Article IX, Section 4 that “it shall be the duty of the General Assembly, as soon as circumstances permit, … to provide one or more farms to be asylum for those persons, who by age, infirmity, or other misfortunes, may have claim upon the aid and beneficence…
This is the final installment of three. This is the story of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan’s raid through the Indiana Territory is one of the most interesting phases of the Civil War and was one of the most well-known Confederate campaigns conducted through Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana during the summer of 1863. We had…
This is the second installment out of three. The story of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan’s raid through the Indiana Territory is one of the most interesting phases of the Civil War and was one of the most well-known Confederate campaigns conducted through Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana during the summer of 1863. We had left…