By July 26, 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's raid was nearing its end as Union pursuers closed in from multiple directions while his Confederates moved north from Nebo near present-day Bergholz. After passing through Monroeville, Morgan learned that a large Union force occupied Salineville a mile ahead, and with Union cavalry pressing his rear, his raiders were trapped. At the Burson farm north of Monroeville, he ordered his rear guard under Colonel Leroy Cluke to hold the enemy while the main force escaped across country. Around 8 am, the 9th Michigan Cavalry under Major William B. Way attacked Cluke's men, drove them southwest, wounded several raiders, and captured 55 along the Monroeville-Salineville Road before they could get away. At the same time, Union artillery in Monroeville Cemetery found the range of Morgan's main force, but Morgan, riding his sorrel Glencoe, led his men through a deep ravine where the Union cannon could not be lowered enough to fire effectively, and their shots passed over the Confederates as he escaped again despite heavy losses at Burson's farm.