George Ellsworth
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George A. Ellsworth, commonly known as "Lightning" Ellsworth, was a Canadian telegrapher who served in the cavalry forces of Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan in the Confederate Army during the American Civ
George A. Ellsworth "Morgan's Telegraph Operator", (Memphis Commercial Appeal, July 2, 1897)
Funding for a Texas telegraph line
Part of Ellsworth's Confederate personnel record
Brigadier General John H. Morgan
Thomas Hines
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Thomas Henry Hines was a Confederate cavalryman who was known for his espionage activities during the last two years of the American Civil War.
George Ellsworth
…his last Kentucky raid in 1864. Morgan was killed, and Ellsworth was captured at Cynthiana, Kentucky, but he soon absconded to Canada. Confederate spy Thomas Hines met him there, and he enlisted Ellsworth's help in an unsuccessful attempt to free Confederate POWs in the United States. In 1867, Ellsworth was charged…
Thomas Hines
Gravestone of Thomas Hines