Excerpt from An Escape That Did Not Set Me Free: A by-Product of Morgan's Raid; A Paper Read Before the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion, April 7, 1915 Though robbed Of its possibilities and become a frenzied effort to recross the Ohio River, to the people of the invaded states, unused to actual warfare, the Raid assumed exaggerated proportions and possibilities. Stretching three miles along the roads, Morgan's cavalry seemed to their affrighted vision like a conquering army with banners. Indiana put and Ohio militia into the field. Hobson and Duke were hot on Morgan's trail with more than cavalry from the front; Burnside had the nucleus Of an army corps in Cincinnati. The atmosphere was vibrant with excite ment and apprehension. The Raid was the one topic of conversa tion, the one subject of interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.