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On August 24, 2013 at 4 p.m., a group gathered in front of
the old Cumberland School where an informational sign about
Morgan's Raid was dedicated. Peggy Whited introduced
Attorney and Civil War expert Andy Warhola, who talked about
Morgan's Raid in Cumberland. He noted that there are 59
informational signs tracing Morgan's Raid through Ohio with
four of them located in Guernsey County. He distributed
pictures of the old Globe House that was one of the
prominent places to stay in Cumberland in the 1860s. Morgan
slept there for a few hours, before being awoken to make a
hasty escape ahead of Union troops.
After Warhola finished, Dorothy Montgomery, whose family
farm is located South-West of Cumberland on Zeno Road,
talked for a few minutes. She told about the outbuilding on
the farm that has a carving on the beam done by one of
Morgan's Raiders. She also shared stories that had been
passed down through her family about the Raid.
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