The Battle of Elizabethtown

 

 

11 Col. Smith demanded morgan’s surrender.

 

 

 

12 MORGAN GAVE THE TOWN THIRTY MINUTES TO MOVE THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO SAFTY BEFORE SHELLING began.  Over 100 cannonballs struck Elizabethtown in 20 minutes.

 

 

 

13 a WHITE FLAG WAS WAVED AND THE FIRING CEASEd.

 

 

14 Morgan’s raiders took union soldiers rifles, boots, and over coats. They used confederate money to buy trousers and leather.

 

 

 

15 MANY UNION SOLDIERS WERE KILLED AT THE EAGLE HOUSE HOTEL  & the foerg building.

 

 

 

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