Editing Vernon, Indiana (section)

==History==
Vernon was named after [[Mount Vernon]], [[George Washington]]'s plantation estate in Virginia.<ref>{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n351 334]|quote=...named for Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington.}}</ref> The Vernon post office was established in 1817.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Jennings&searchtext=&pagenum=2|title=Jennings County|publisher=Jim Forte Postal History|access-date=November 9, 2014}}</ref>

Vernon was the site of a near-battle on July 11, 1863, during [[Morgan's Raid]] in the [[American Civil War]]. [[John Hunt Morgan]], targeting the [[Ohio and Mississippi Railway|Ohio and Mississippi Railroad]], demanded the surrender of the town, which was defended by 100 local militia in strong positions on hills and bluffs overlooking the [[Muscatatuck River]] and 178 Union troops under the command of Colonel Hugh Williams.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Boyer|first=Margrette|date=1912|title=Morgan's Raid in Indiana|journal=The Indiana Quarterly Magazine of History|volume=8|issue=4|pages=156–157|issn=0147-2259|jstor=27785388}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://emergingcivilwar.com/2013/07/15/the-raid-continues-morgans-raiders-in-indiana-3/|title=The Raid Continues: Morgan's Raiders in Indiana|first=Caroline|last=Davis|date=July 15, 2013}}</ref> The defenders successfully stalled Morgan by demanding time to consider surrender, and then requesting time for the evacuation of women and children, until 1,000 Union troops under the command of Brigadier General [[John Love (general)|John Love]] could arrive from [[Seymour, Indiana|Seymour]]. Major General [[Lew Wallace]] also arrived later to take command of the entire Union force converging on Vernon. Morgan ultimately retreated south toward [[Dupont, Indiana]], rather than risk a confrontation.