Captain George A. "Lightning" Elsworth: General Morgan's Amazing Telegrapher

We will read period reports, descriptions and newspaper accounts of Captain George A. Elsworth's life before, during and after the Civil War. We will see descriptions of General John Hunt Morgan's first Kentucky raid, his 1862 Gallatin raid and his July 1863 Indiana-Ohio raid that are actually written by Captain Elsworth. We will also see the six part description of his entire Civil War experience that was written by Captain Elsworth. We will see proof that George Elsworth was indeed a Captain and we will see proof that his last name was Elsworth, spelled with one L.