On Dec. 21, 1862, Gen. John H. Morgan left here with 2,500 horsemen on his Kentucky Christmas Raid. The raid concluded in Smithville on Jan. 5, 1863, after the raiders captured 1887 enemy soldiers and destroyed $2,000,000 in Federal property. Morgan's Great Indiana and Ohio Raid also began here on June 11, 1863, and ended less than 100 miles from Lake Erie on July 26, 1863.