Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861 On the Death of Col. Ellsworth
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03617.09 Author/Creator: Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Sheet music Date: circa 1861 Pagination: 1 p. ; 19.8 x 13.3 cm. Order a Copy
Published by J. Magee at 316 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Image at the top is same as image at GLC03617.07. Depicits Ellsworth falling backward as he was shot. He is grasping the Confederate flag while another soldier returns fire with a rifle over his shoulder. Colored with red and blue. Three stanza song. First stanza says: "The muffled drum beats low; / Our nation's flag droops here, / Drap'd in the dark weeds of wo; / A sword is on the bier. / A saddened nation weeps, / Where her dead soldier sleeps."
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