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town prevented him from attending at the proper hour to some hides he had in the vats, and they spoiled," for which he claimed $80 damages. Hugh Scurlock claimed for "a sucking colt." In God's name, what did Morgan's men want with it? John AI. Smith was allowed $10 for "a set of teeth." In Meigs county Martin Dye, a militiaman, "pressed" a neighbor's horse to ride in pursuit of Morgan, who captured both Dye and the horse. Mr. Dye paid his neighbor $75 for the horse, and then put in a claim against the State for its value as a "Rebel damage," — a horse captured in battle.

James G. Maguire was allowed $12 for a barrel of vinegar "supposed to be poisoned." David F. Pearson claimed $10 for the loss of seven days time while he was a prisoner of war. Henry Truxell hid his horse in the woods to keep Morgan from getting it, the horse got tangled in its own halter and strangled, and Truxell put in a claim of $109.50 as a "Rebel damage."

Thomas Lindsay, of Noble county, claimed $5 for three brass kettles "burned" at Campbell's Station. There are instances of where men rceovered their horses taken by Morgan, and, the horses dying some five months later, claims were put in for their value as "Rebel damages."

CURIOUS union damage claims.

Among the more curious of the claims for damages inflicted by Union troops in their pursuit of }^Iorgan through Ohio were the following:

In Brown county Wm. M. Robbins claims for "a Black Hawk pony, 42 years old." In Guernsey Arch Shipley claimed for an ox shot on his farm during a skirmish. John Wheeler, of Harrison, got $5 for "lodging soldiers and cleaning rooms after their use." James M. Wilkinson, of Meigs, asked $285 for 3 horses killed in the battle of Buffiington Island, which began on his farm.

In Perry county, Peter Poorman claimed "for use of horse and damages to same from distemper contracted in the service, and the value of a colt that took distemper from the horse, and