John H. Morgan Surrender Site
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John H. Morgan Surrender Site
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Monument at the site of Morgan's Surrender
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| Nearest city | West Point, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 40°41′53″N 80°44′50″W / 40.69806°N 80.74722°WCoordinates: 40°41′53″N 80°44′50″W / 40.69806°N 80.74722°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1863 |
| NRHP Reference # | 73001401 |
| Added to NRHP | April 23, 1973 |
The John H. Morgan Surrender Site is the place where, during the American Civil War, Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan, the leader of Confederate troops responsible for Morgan's Raid, surrendered to Union troops. The site is located at a crossroads between the villages of Gavers and West Point in Columbiana County, Ohio, about 60 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 23, 1973 for its military significance.
Morgan reportedly surrendered under what was called the "Surrender Tree". The location was at the northernmost point in which a Confederate command pierced Northern territory during the Civil War, except for the St. Albans Raid in Vermont.
In June 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan took command of a force of 2500 Confederate men in Kentucky. The purpose of the detachment was to recruit volunteers from the border state and to provide a distraction for Union General Ambrose Burnside who was planning an invasion of Tennessee. Morgan's superior, General Braxton Bragg, specifically ordered Morgan not to cross the Ohio river into Union territory.
Morgan disobeyed his orders and, from June 11 to July 26, 1863, his troops conducted the Raid in an area that ranged from Tennessee to northern Ohio. Morgan ransacked the countryside and disrupted telegraph and railroad lines as he moved north.
In Columbiana County, fears increased as Morgan's Raid approached. There were exaggerated reports that his force numbered as many as 10,000 men. The day before the surrender, residents of New Lisbon, Ohio, mobilized when they heard that Morgan was in Salineville in Columbiana County.
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