Editing Old Washington, Ohio (section)

==History==
[[File:MorganWashington.jpg|thumb|left|200px|“[[John Hunt Morgan|Morgan's]] Raiders,” illustration for ''[[Harper's Weekly]]'', 1863.]]
The village has been known by several names in its history. [[Plat]]ted by George and Henry Beymer in 1805,<ref name=Sarchet>{{cite book|last=Sarchet|first=Cyrus Parkinson Beatty|title=History of Guernsey County, Ohio, Volume 1|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofguernse01sarc#page/344/mode/2up|year=1911|publisher=B.F. Bowen & Company}}</ref>{{rp|344}} it was initially known by two names; Beymerstown and New Washington.<ref name=Overman>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=120|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=104}}</ref><ref name=Sarchet/>{{rp|346}} It was incorporated as Washington in 1829, soon after the [[National Road]] reached it.<ref name=Overman/> The present name was later adopted to mitigate postal confusion with the City of Washington, now known as [[Washington Court House, Ohio|City of Washington Court House]] in Fayette County.<ref name=Overman/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=99047 |title=Old Washington Historical Marker |website=hmdb.org |access-date=April 4, 2020 |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530043151/https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=99047 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In July 1863, Old Washington was the site of a small engagement during the course of [[Morgan's Raid]]. In the course of their campaign through Ohio, the [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] raiders appeared in several Guernsey County villages, including Old Washington, where they wreaked havoc before being caught by [[Union Army|Union]] cavalry. The three Confederate dead are buried at the cemetery in Old Washington.<ref>Russell Booth, Jr., ''[http://www.guernseycounty.org A Brief History of Guernsey County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130173336/http://guernseycounty.org/ |date=November 30, 2017 }}'', Guernsey County, 2008.  Accessed February 6, 2009.</ref>