Samuel Cutler suffered a $6,000 loss when Confederate troops
plundered his general store during the Civil War.
In July 1863, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan rode
through Ohio with nearly 2,500 men, pillaging stores and public establishments,
burning bridges, and destroying railroads. His men raided almost 50 towns in
southern Ohio.
Samuel Cutler owned a general store in Jasper, Ohio. He lost
$6,000 in merchandise and other property to Morgan’s raiders. (In 2015 dollars,
his financial loss is equivalent to $117,000.)
Samuel was a member of the Jasper County Military Committee.
As such, he assisted in the effort to obstruct public roads to impede the
progress of Morgan’s troops.
The picture depicts Morgan’s raiders entering the town of
Washington, Ohio.
According to data on familysearch.org/tree, Samuel Cutler is
the great grandfather of D. Hirsch. D Hirsch – W Chestnut – Helen Cutler – Samuel Cutler
References:
50 towns: page 6 http://www.ohiocivilwar150.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/morgans-raid-citizenship-lesson-plan.pdf
Samuel’s losses, membership in military committee: http://findagrave.org/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=80153928
$6,000 in 2016 calculator: https://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/uscompare/relativevalue.php
Picture: Morgan's Raiders Enter Washington, Ohio (now Old
Washington) during the American Civil War. Etching from Harpers Weekly, August
15, 1863. “This media file is in the public domain in the United States.” https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MorganWashington.jpg
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