thomas october january confederate known activities years american civil war native kentucky initially worked grammar instructor mainly kentucky year war served field officer initiating raids important assistant preparatory raid raid advance morgan raid states indiana ohio captured morgan organized escape later involved espionage tried stir federal government selected northern occasions war forced narrow seemingly impossible escapes point concealed time occasion confused actor assassin dangerous case mistaken identity forced flee detroit april holding ferry captain gunpoint union agents viewed man needed apart time served late captured war safe return native kentucky settled family started practicing law led serve eventually chief justice later practiced law kentucky death keeping secrets confederate espionage public knowledge early life born kentucky october judge raised kentucky education largely informal spent time common schools feet inches tall weighed mere pounds slender build described appearance friend observed voice resembling refined woman said fondness women music horses professor school established teaching principal grammar school advent war joined september civil war early war experiences joined confederate army cousins initially led guides attached command fellow guides recognized leadership november given lieutenant commission december led successful mission ferry kentucky attack union outpost guides disbanded january confederate government kentucky fled want fight kentucky traveled richmond virginia missed result april decided join brig enlisted army private 9th morgan recognized talents commissioned captain june afterward spent time engaged secret missions beloved kentucky dressed civilian clothes usually operated avoid drawing attention wanting executed spy kentucky special trips loved ones visit childhood sweetheart future bride brown lock near occasions visited parents lexington kentucky places union spies attempted capture escaped father captured mother sick bed june led invasion indiana posing union unit pursuit goal local support invasion planned july traveling kentucky days obtain supplies mission crossed enter indiana near village derby june visited local leader learned formal support morgan raid way kentucky men discovered indiana leading small skirmish near indiana abandon men swam gunfire wandering kentucky week rejoined general morgan kentucky colonel comment memoirs appeared saying apparently youth imposed despite morgan second command colonel duke usually told espionage carrying causing believe duke like case captured purpose transporting morgan men force reports encouraged morgan rough posing confederate indiana morgan relying support indiana successful raid stayed morgan end raid imprisonment later ohio outside downtown columbus ohio despite rules war prisoners war military prison common criminals escape discovered way escape reading novel said inspired escapes passages underneath paris france noticed dry lower prison cells felt lacking mold sunlight caused believe escape possible discovering air chamber underneath begun effort tunnel eighteen inches wide large enter foot foot air chamber surrounded heavy masonry accompanied worked tunnel thin crust dirt hide prison officials weeks tunnel exit coming inner foot outer prison walls near coal pile day escape november morgan switched cells brother colonel day chosen new union military commander coming columbus morgan knew prison cells inspected time daily midnight inspection captains morgan command tunnel escape aided fact prison sought shelter raging storm occurring time confederate officers climbed foot tall wall metal hooks effect escape left note warden read warden faithful follows november commencement november conclusion november hours labor day tools small knives patience est son fruit est order honorable left strip searched moved different cells ohio state officers escaped morgan captain captain captured days later louisville kentucky captain captain captain good escape canada south led confederate lines arrived train station downtown columbus bought tickets cincinnati ohio duo jumped train entered cincinnati train station continued evade capture cincinnati staying night ben johnson house kentucky tennessee diverted union troops attention away recaptured sentenced death hanging escaped night telling stories soldier charge subdued given chance days later escaped union soldiers intended hang went confederate capital richmond virginia escape january convinced confederate president plan mass panic northern states means freeing prisoners causing arson larger northern cities impressed plan davis agreed davis urged tell secretary state secretary war plan men agreed plan encouraged proceed davis benjamin effect public opinion plan including great_britain france think actions thought easier enter north canada traveled winter led canada fall colonel involved plot confederate soldiers hoped men able free confederate prisoners held camp douglas chicago illinois led men toronto ontario august arrived held chicago year told wait time said event encountering assist force federal authorities apparently plot men forced flee chicago august men thought anderson double agent forcing leave group second attempt free camp douglas confederate prisoners occurred plan year tried free confederate prisoners war recruiting members escaped canada including george lightning native canada day chicago avoid discovery union soldiers home hiding crawling wife lay ill union soldiers inspected house checked lying bed discover soldiers established guard door house day visitors encouraged visit sick woman soldiers looked faces result house left chicago late war october went cincinnati crossing indiana union troops sought time help friends home hid concealed old closet obscured mortar red bricks avoided detection union troops inspected house learned beloved ohio convent decided spirit november kentucky married despite father wishes wait war wartime activities spent week honeymoon kentucky returned clandestine activities canada days lincoln assassination april detroit michigan mistaken subject massive finding fight jumped fences way detroit wharf waited passengers forced captain gunpoint canada arrival apologized captain gave dollars exploit led mistaken rumor booth escaped canada post war escape detroit went toronto lived expecting return united_states sent wife nancy toronto studied law general vice president united_states president declared pardon went detroit july sign loyalty oath united_states knowing union officials kentucky consider exception pardon remained canada sending wife kentucky child born began living memphis tennessee passing bar exam june high honors stay memphis edited daily appeal moved kentucky family lived practiced law appointed colonel soldiers red_cross later county judge kentucky elected served served chief justice said exceptionally free judicial bias witness assassination fellow judge march leaving colonel judge kentucky enraged failure rule favor late sister property dispute shot double gauge shotgun filled turned walked away inspected body surrendered deputy sheriff come investigate turmoil time returned practicing law kentucky began writing series articles discussing magazine magazine dedicated memory similar southern magazines gaining larger northern readership similar journals articles printed december issue consulting confederate president davis home mississippi anybody northern assisted conspiracy writing article attacked forthcoming participants newspapers reviewers particularly southern readers discouraged publishing accounts died buried kentucky series plots family plots grave site second cousin twice removed historical markers concerning exploits occasionally included mistaken information historical marker placed vicinity derby indiana entry indiana states invaded indiana actually addition marker cemetery says died dedication ceremony reality died buried feet away
Thomas Hines