Nashville (TN) Daily Union, July 12, 1863, p. 3. NOTE: The item below was
abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis.
MORGAN'S INVASION OF INDIANA
Inhuman Outrages Committed
The New Albany Ledger states that the rebels, as soon as they landed on
Indiana soil, commenced a system of plunder and outrage for which John
Morgan's name has already become infamous. At Mauckport the houses of
citizens were entered and the furniture broken, bedclothes and carpets torn
in tatters, clocks and mirrors smashed up, and a species of land piracy
carried out that would have disgraced even the West India Buccaneers of the
era of Lafitte.
These outrages, so far as we can learn, characterized their entire route
from Mauckport to Corydon. They reached Corydon at five o'clock yesterday
evening and, without even demanding a surrender of the town, threw a number
of shells into it among helpless women and children. Along the road from
Mauckport to Corydon, near every house was rifled. Near Corydon a minister
named Glenn, who owned the finest house in that section, fired upon the
rebels. He was dragged into his house by his wife who closed the door. The
rebels burst open the door, wounded him through both thighs, set the house
on fire and left Glenn to perish in the flames. His wife and other ladies
in the house carried him out to an orchard and thus saved him from being
roasted alive. Near Mauckport they also killed Garrett Hunt and just above
the town murdered William Frahee.
At Corydon all the stores and houses were rifled, and the wanton destruction
of property seemed to be the great object of the raiders. When the town was
captured, 500 of Col. Jordan's Home Guards were made prisoners, the balance
of them escaping in the direction of Palmyra.
Near Corydon, an old citizen, William Heth, fired upon the rebels. He was
the keeper of the toll gate this side of Corydon. The rebels shot him dead
and burned his house. The also burned a fine stone mill in the neighborhood
of Corydon. Caleb Thomas of Edwardsville was killed near Corydon. He was
shot through the forehead. Jeremiah Nance of Laconia was also killed near
Corydon.
.Horse stealing is the order of the day with the raiders. We learn that
they have already stolen from 600 to 700 head, all fine animals. At
Corydon, Douglas, Denbo & Co., and S. J. Wright were the principal sufferers
financially.