06 May 1861
Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861
Autograph document signed
Title: [Special order]
Setting up the orders of the day for the 1st New York Fire Zouaves. Gives orders about breakfast and duties. States a police guard should be posted at 5 o'clock and allow no one to pass. Charges the quartermaster with inspecting the guns, and orders captains to hand in a roll of their commands by 9 o'clock. Ellsworth organized the NY Fire Zouaves from volunteer NY firefighters. He was killed on 24 May 1861 and was the first well known individual to die in the Civil War.
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