George Ellsworth

Canadian telegrapher who serves in the cavalry forces of Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan in the Confederate Army

1843 CE to 1899 CE

George A. Ellsworth (1843–1899),  commonly known as "Lightning" Ellsworth, is a Canadian telegrapher who serves in the cavalry forces of Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

His use of the telegraph to spread disinformation to the Union forces is declared by The Times as the greatest innovation to come out of the war.

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