Existential Psychotherapy: The Process of Caring

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Edwards, David G.

Psychology & Counseling

Gardner Pr

The Hunlokes of Wingerworth Hall

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There are several lines of thought about how Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and six of his officers escaped from the Ohio Penitentiary November28, 1863. Some feel that the accounts of digging a tunnel written by Captain Thomas Hines and Captain Lorenzo Hockersmith are correct. Some feel that a tunnel was completed but bribery was used to get supplies and make certain that prison officials looked the other way while work on the tunnel was in progress and the escape was made. Some feel that there never was a tunnel and bribe money allowed the men to just walk out the door. We are going to examine documents and reports made by the participants, Union and Confederate, involved in the escape and the investigations of the escape. By having the opportunity to read the original reports and documents you will be able to decide for yourself just what happened. You will read about the treatment General Morgan and his officers received when they arrived at the Ohio penitentiary and you will read about prison life before the escape and, for those who remained, after the escape. You will be able to read the Investigation of the escape ordered by Governor Tod, the investigation ordered by the Ohio Legislature and the investigation ordered by U. S. Secretary of War Stanton. You will be able to read the newspaper interview in which General Morgan describes the escape. You will be able to read the descriptions of the escape written by Captain Thomas Henry Hines, Captain Lorenzo Hockersmith and Captain Thomas Bullitt. You will also be able to read some of the numerous conspiracy theories that dispute the escape by tunnel story.

Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan Escapes From The Ohio Penitentiary

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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.

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

On July 17, 1863 Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan with almost 2,000 Confederate cavalrymen rode through Jackson County, Ohio. General Morgan’s first brigade, commanded by Colonel Basil Duke, went through Jackson and then Berlin Crossroads. His second brigade, commanded by Colonel Adam Johnson, went through Jackson and then Winchester. General Morgan left Jackson and went through Berlin Crossroads with his first brigade.We are going to read several eye witness descriptions of what happened on July 17. The descriptions don’t all agree but eye witness descriptions seldom do.

What Happened In Jackson County, Ohio July 17, 1863?

Early on the morning of September 4, 1864 Union cavalry under the command of Brigadier General Alvan C. Gillem entered Greeneville, Tennessee, occupied at the time by Confederate cavalry under the command of Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan. During the ensuing confrontation Brigadier General Morgan was shot through his heart and killed. Almost immediately conflicting stories were spread about the facts concerning the death of General Morgan. Who alerted General Gillem that General Morgan had occupied Greeneville? Who told General Gillem's men where General Morgan was spending the night? Was General Morgan killed after he surrendered? Who actually killed General Morgan? Was General Morgan's body handled with respect? We are going to look at documents and reports made by people present at the time and you, the reader, can determine what the truth is. This will not be an easy task because the accounts vary considerably as to who was present at General Morgan's death, the circumstances of his death and his treatment after death. I will give the Union versions of the events first then the Confederate versions. If a Confederate version is mentioned in a Union version, I will present it immediately after the Union version. General Morgan's public image was damaged when his men robbed two Kentucky banks in June of 1864. General Morgan was also charged in June of 1864 with stealing two Confederate locomotives and trains. We are going to look at the possibility that General Morgan, after being relieved of his command (because of the bank robberies) on August 30, 1864, went to Greeneville, and met his death, while attempting to defeat Brigadier General Gillem and restore General Morgan's public image.

The Death And Burial Of Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan

We have seen countless movies, books, magazine articles and television documentaries about Billy the Kid. Some of these are more believable than others. There were even men who lived well into the 20th century who claimed they were Billy the Kid. I thought it might be interesting to see what information was available to the public before and shortly after the death of Billy the Kid. I am not claiming that any of the newspaper articles you are about to read are accurate, but they are definitely what the public had available in the late 1870’s and early 1880’s. Some articles lead to doubt but some are quite believable. Some are more believable than what we are able to read and view in our present time. Billy the Kid was born Henry McCarty in New York City in 1859. He was sometimes known as Henry Antrim, William Antrim, Kid Antrim and William H. Bonney but we remember him as “Billy the Kid”. Billy was killed July 14, 1881 in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Fort Sumner has special interest for me as I was born on Fort Sumner Army Air Field, now the Fort Sumner Municipal Airport, in 1945. We will also look at the death of Pat Garrett and the trial of his killer, Wayne Brazel

Billy The Kid As He Was Reported In Newspapers From The 1870's And 1880's

Brigadier General Basil Duke made it quite clear on page 300 of the 1906 edition of his "History of Morgan's Cavalry" that Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan started his Indiana-Ohio Raid in July 1863 with a pair of three inch Parrott Rifles and a pair of twelve pound howitzers. He also stated that the two Parrott Rifles were attached to the first brigade and the two twelve pound howitzers were attached to the second brigade. We will follow these four cannon, and the cannon General Morgan captured at Morvins Landing, Indiana, through the Indiana-Ohio Raid.

General Morgan's Artillery During His July 1863 Indiana-Ohio Raid

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