Williamsburg

About 4 pm on July 14, 1863, Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his raiders stopped in Williamsburg to establish their first campsite in Ohio. Approximately 2,000 cavalrymen remained in the rebel force. Many officers spent the night at the tavern owned by John Wesley Kain at the corner of Third and Main streets, where meals were prepared for 127 raiders. Morgan stayed in Room 9 of the adjoining Kain House Hotel, and six of his officers also slept there, while other officers remained with their men. During the stay, Morgan went through Williamsburg mail confiscated by his men, looking for cash and news of military importance. The raiders camped east of town along Bethel Road between the East Fork bridge and the hill, while others settled in town, in nearby fields, and along the roads to Boston and Batavia. Their rest ended with a 3 am reveille, the advance riders were on the road by dawn, and the last of Morgan's men had departed by 8 am.

Ohio · United States