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| Lester V. Horwitz |
| Pulitzer Prize nomination for History |
Library of Congress Card Number: 99-72224
Hard Cover: ISBN 0-9670267-25 Soft Cover: ISBN 0-9670267-33
Hard Cover: ISBN 0-9670267-25 Soft Cover: ISBN 0-9670267-33
Copyright © 1999 Lester V. Horwitz
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All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.
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"The Rebels are coming!" That was the cry in July 1863 when General John Hunt Morgan and his
guerrilla force of 2,500 Confederate cavalry terrorized towns and farms in Ohio and Indiana. Best
known as Morgan’s Raid, it covered over 1,000 miles through Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and
Ohio.
This is the true story about Morgan’s most famous raid. Readers will ride along with the cavalry
on this treacherous journey of high adventure. Many of these stories have never been published
before about one of the South’s most dashing, daring and dynamic cavalry leaders -- and the men
who were willing to follow him into hell.
After five years of writing and fifteen years of research, Lester Horwitz chronicles the first book-
length account of this legendary raid in The Longest Raid of the Civil War. Many of the
descendants of people who were raided as well as the descendants of the men who rode with
Morgan have finally provided the most complete accounting of what really happened.
guerrilla force of 2,500 Confederate cavalry terrorized towns and farms in Ohio and Indiana. Best
known as Morgan’s Raid, it covered over 1,000 miles through Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and
Ohio.
This is the true story about Morgan’s most famous raid. Readers will ride along with the cavalry
on this treacherous journey of high adventure. Many of these stories have never been published
before about one of the South’s most dashing, daring and dynamic cavalry leaders -- and the men
who were willing to follow him into hell.
After five years of writing and fifteen years of research, Lester Horwitz chronicles the first book-
length account of this legendary raid in The Longest Raid of the Civil War. Many of the
descendants of people who were raided as well as the descendants of the men who rode with
Morgan have finally provided the most complete accounting of what really happened.
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| Comments from Readers |
"This is definitely the best book ever written on Morgan's Raiders. It is a "must have" for any Civil
War enthusiast. It holds a special place in my library."
C. Stephen Badgley, Author and Founder of Badgley Publishing Company
War enthusiast. It holds a special place in my library."
C. Stephen Badgley, Author and Founder of Badgley Publishing Company
"Because of my interest in the Civil War, its personalities and heritage tourism, I welcome the
publication of Les Horwitz's The Longest Raid of the Civil War. An avid researcher, who probes deeply
and then winnows the grain from the chaff, Horwitz takes the reader on one of the great adventures of
the Civil War. We experience through the perspectives of the participants-be they raiders, pursuers or
civilians- the raid with its heroism, pathos, excitement, suspense and sleepless hours of exhaustion.
Thanks to Les Horwitz, as we prepare to enter the third millennium, we can better appreciate the
significance of Morgan's Raid and what it meant to the people of Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio in 1863
and to their children and grandchildren today."
Edwin C. Bearss, Historian Emeritus, National Park Service,
Washington, DC and popular Civil War lecturer
publication of Les Horwitz's The Longest Raid of the Civil War. An avid researcher, who probes deeply
and then winnows the grain from the chaff, Horwitz takes the reader on one of the great adventures of
the Civil War. We experience through the perspectives of the participants-be they raiders, pursuers or
civilians- the raid with its heroism, pathos, excitement, suspense and sleepless hours of exhaustion.
Thanks to Les Horwitz, as we prepare to enter the third millennium, we can better appreciate the
significance of Morgan's Raid and what it meant to the people of Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio in 1863
and to their children and grandchildren today."
Edwin C. Bearss, Historian Emeritus, National Park Service,
Washington, DC and popular Civil War lecturer
"Outstanding! Reads like a novel. What is so remarkable is how the suspense builds and the reader
hastens to turn the page to relive the next encounter between Rebel Raiders, home guards, and women
and children in the villages and on the farms in Indiana and Ohio."
Dr. James A. Ramage, author of Rebel Raider and The Gray Ghost. Regents Professor of History,
Northern Kentucky University
hastens to turn the page to relive the next encounter between Rebel Raiders, home guards, and women
and children in the villages and on the farms in Indiana and Ohio."
Dr. James A. Ramage, author of Rebel Raider and The Gray Ghost. Regents Professor of History,
Northern Kentucky University
"The Longest Raid is painstakingly researched, informative and enjoyable reading. Thanks for all your
hard work in bringing to life for Ohioans an important episode of our Civil War."
Bob Taft, Governor of Ohio
hard work in bringing to life for Ohioans an important episode of our Civil War."
Bob Taft, Governor of Ohio
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