Nomination for Morgan, John H., Surrender Site

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - County INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries complete applicable sections) APR 2 3 1973 JAN 3 Morgan, John H., Surrender Site AND/ OR HISTORIC: 3.1 miles W.

of West Point, Ohio TO THE PUBLIC X Public In Process - Preservation work - Transportation - Comments OWNER'S NAME: State of Ohio, Department of Highways LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 029 039 Lisbon 1973 LOCATION Columbiana Site Religious Commercial ACCESSIBLE Military Entertainment Government Structure District Both Unoccupied CLASSIFICATION Ohio Restricted CATEGORY NATIONAL REGISTER Private Educational STATUS Agricultural NAME Scientific Industrial Building Yes: Park Private Residence Columbus Being Considered Museum OWNERSHIP CODE Market Street Wayne L.

Hays CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: COMMON: Public Acquisition: Columbiana County Court House NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES OWNER OF PROPERTY 25 South Front Street Object Ohio Route 518 STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: (Check One) Other (Specify) ENTRY NUMBER - Federal - Local PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) DATE DESCRIPTION X Good - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered of the site was open farm land while the area to the south was wooded. feet four inches wide, and two feet two inches thick. The stone, erected JAN 3 CONDITION Excellent Ruins REGISTER NATIONAL the site.

indicating that the stone marks the spot at which Morgan surrendered and No records have survived to indicate that any structure was on or near shrubbery.Attached to the north face of the stone is a brass plaque of surrender is marked by a roughly hewn stone marker six feet high, five the site chosen for the ceremony was a spot along a country road three (Check One) - Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (If known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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and one tenth miles west of West Point, Ohio. Immediately to the north one tenth miles west of the junction of old Ohio 45 and 518. The point At the present time the site is in a road side park owned by the State Moved On July 26,1863,when John Hunt Morgan surrendered to the Union Army, the northern most progress of any large body of Confederate troops. in 1908, is set on a cement slab and is partially surrounded by RECEIVED Fair

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SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian! - 15th Century SPECIFIC DATE(s) (If Applicable and Known) July 26, 1863 - Urban Planning - Other (Specify) - Literature STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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and Ohio. On July 20, 1863, Morgan attempted to cross the Ohio River and return to Confederate territory at Buffington, Ohio. The attempted On July 26, 1863, with Union forces closing in from three sides, Morgan surrendered to Captain Burbick, commander of a local militia unit. Morgan chose to surrender to Burbick, hoping to obtain more favorable surrender and taken to Columbus, Ohio, where they were imprisoned in More important, Morgan diverted a large number of (some 28,000) Gettysburg.

Commerce Architecture Communications Conservation Engineering Transportation losophy Science Aboriginal Education NATIONAL Landscape Music Prehistoric REGISTER itarian Agriculture Theater Sculpture deeper into Union territory than any other Confederate officer.Morgan's Social/Human- Religion/Phi- who marched around General McClellan's army during the Peninsula bringing the war to an area heretofore untouched by the hostilities. he wished to join Lee's army which was marching into Pennsylvania at Invention Campaign in 1862.Morgan did succeed in disrupting communications and troops from the Eastern Tennessee front.Finally, Morgan marched surrender site is approximately 60 miles farther north than the Ohio Penitentiary. and his officers were removed from West Point on the day after the party marched north along a path roughly parallel to the Ohio River.

the next i8 days Morgan and his troops marched through Southern Indiana have insured a lasting fame for Morgan comparable to that of J.E.B. Stuart Political Industry X Military AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) On July 8, 1863, General John Hunt Morgan, a Confederate cavalry officer, JAN 3 Art rather favorable surrender terms which were later revoked.Morgan RECEIVED crossed the Ohio River at Brandenberg, Indiana with 2400 men.During Morgan's objective in conducting the Ohio raid is not clear.Apparently, escape was foiled by Union troops guarding the Buffington ford. conditions than the regular army would give.Burbick did extend the time Morgan left his base on the Cumberland River.This feat would Morgan with 4o0 of his men turned inland in an attempt to elude the

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Duke, Basil W., Morgan's Cavalry, New York, 1906. 10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES JAN 3 The National FORM PREPARED BY June 14, 1972 STREET AND NUMBER: 5479-B Rockwood Court CITY OR TOWN: STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law Nationa 1 Register. 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

The recommended level of significance of this nomination is: 039 Seconds Degrees LATITUDE Title Minutes Name DATE LONGITUDE ORGANIZATION COUNTY Columbus REGISTER ATTEST: STATE Degrees Minutes Seconds Ohio CODE CORNER Amos J. Loveday LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES RECEIVED NAME AND TITLE: Rue, George W.,"Celebration of the Surrender of General John H.Morgan," Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly, Oct. 1911.

Director, Office of Archeology and Historic GP O 931-89 4 1973 Preservation R TECH REVIEW Federal Register entry_ 6-5:73 Entered ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN Re-submit Maps Send-back KEEPER BRANCH CHIEF National Register write-up Photos WORKING NUMBER ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN REVIEW UNIT CHIEF CONTROL REVIEW Columbia NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER NORth SIDE OF StONE PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Title: Loc.ColumbnnAObio Form 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE APR 2 3 1973 STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: U.S.G.S. West Point Quadrangle, 7.5' 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

029 039 1960 Columbiana COUNTY DATE STATE 1:24000 MAP REFERENCE Ohio NATIONAL SOURCE: CODE SCALE: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM COMMON: REGISTER Ohio Route 518 ENTRY NUMBER AND/OR HISTORIC: FOR NPS USE ONLY TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) Morgan, John H., Surrender Site 3.1 miles W. of West Point, Ohio REQUIR EMENTS NAME LOCATION WEST POINT, OHIO STATE CF OHIO - State Route WEST POINT QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS College Hall, Wllmington Colloge Bale (Jonathan) Homestead Summit County Morgan (John He) Surrender Site "g" Bridge II Muskingun County Delaware County Paul Hall, Muskingum College Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. J. William Stanton Mr. Daniel R. Porter The Ohio Historical Society Hon, John M.

Ashbrook Hon, Samuel Le Devine NRowland: 1mp 5-1-73 Director, Northeast Region Location Aurora STATE Director Bath Name Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER New Concord Columbiana County Portage County Clinton County Wilmington Painesville Delaware Hon. William B. SaxbeAlso Notified State Historic Preservation Officer Washington County Merrick Hall Lutz'a Tavern Erwin Hall, Harietta College APR 2 3 1973 Elliott Ball, Sturges Library and Kent (Zeno) House West Point Lake County Mathewe House Coluabus, Ohio 43211 PHR Marietta Hon.Walter E. Powell