Maj. George Washington Rue

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Veteran of Two Great Wars and Captor of General John Hunt Morgan (CSA)

e grew up here where he enlisted in the Second Kentucky Infantry, serving through the Mexican War. He was promoted to a Lieutenancy for gallant services at the battle of Buena Vista. During the Civil War he served as a Major in the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry and participated in many of the battles between the North and South. To him was generally given the credit for the capture of General John H. Morgan, near Salinville, Ohio, July 27, 1863, although the honor was claimed by General Shackelford, upon whose staff Maj. Rue served. Historians, however, generally agree that it was Maj. Rue's command that intercepted the Rebel General, as the Major was acting as the advance guard of General Shackelford's army, which was four miles away when Major Rue, by taking a short cut, came in front of General Morgan's men.

Major Rue was a charter member of the Wetzel-Compton Post G. A. R. of Hamilton, Ohio, who had charge of the obsequies. A widow and one daughter, Mrs. Mary Black, of Chicago, survives.