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Civil War/Civil War Broadsides: A Call To Arms Against Morgan's Raiders!

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Civil War/Civil War Broadsides: A Call To Arms Against Morgan's Raiders!
Broadside, "PROCLAMATION! Office Provost Marshal, Lexington, Ky., July 15, 1862." 6" x 8.5". Signed in print by Maj. P.C. Bracht, Provost Marshal, the proclamation says: "I hereby notify all citizens that they must connect themselves with some company of 'Home Guards,' otherwise their arms will be taken from them. No pass will be good unless issued by the Provost Marshal or H. Shaw. Gen. Boyle's order of July 13th, is extended until revoked." The broadside is lightly toned and printed off center, toward the left side. Printed by "Observer And Reporter Power Press Print." Although Kentucky did not secede from the Union, many Kentuckians fought for the South. John Hunt Morgan was a Lexington merchant between the Mexican War (where he served as a first lieutenant with the 1st Kentucky) and the Civil War, where he rose from captain to brigadier general, and received the thanks of the Confederate Congress for his daring exploits. "Morgan's Raiders" made their first raid in July 1862. Leaving from Knoxville, Tennessee on July 4th, they attacked and captured a cavalry post of four companies at Tomkinsville, Kentucky on the 9th. On July 10th they captured a depot at Glasgow, and on the 11th, captured another depot at Lebanon. This accounts for the urgent tone of the broadside, issued on the 15th. On the 17th, Morgan had an engagement with the militia at Cynthiana. after which he withdrew through Paris, Richmond, Crab Orchard, and Somerset, arriving back in Tennessee on August 1. In 24 days he had covered over 1,000 miles, and captured and paroled 1,200 prisoners, losing fewer than 100 men. He also damaged Federal morale and interfered with Buell's intended capture of Chattanooga. An important broadside.