Title

Memoir, George A. "Lightening" Ellsworth, 1882

Authors

George A. Ellsworth

Files

Description

This handwritten memoir details George A. Ellsworth's skilled use of telegraphy during the Civil War to assist in Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's campaigns, Ellsworth's other intelligence-gathering activies, and Ellsworth's espianoge efforts in the North in effort to raise a rebellion there. The memoir is written on delicate onion skin paper which shows visible tears, creases, and stains. This copy of the memoir begins at page three and is numbered up to page 157.

Rights

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Transcription

The first two pages are missing from the actual item but the transcript PDF files capture the words from those pages. Refer to the Transcript for those missing pages.

Publication Date

1882

Time Period

1880-1889

Keywords

Civil War

Object Type

text

Format (original)

manuscript: 152 leaves

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_8_Ellsworth-Memoir

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Manuscripts Division, J. D. (James D.) Lynch Papers, Box 2, Folders 1-14

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

James D. Lynch Papers, Box 2, Folder 1-14, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries