Union Brig. General
Edward H. Hobson considered his greatest feat to be the 1863 capture of
Confederate Brig. General John Hunt Morgan. Taken near New Lisbon, Ohio, on
July 26, 1863, the Confederate leader was hustled to the Ohio State Prison, but
his stay was brief. He escaped on November 26, 1863.
Eleven months after
being taken prisoner, Morgan and his men captured a body of Federal troops at
Cynthiana, Kentucky. Their commander was General Edward H. Hobson.
