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Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861 The Zouave Drill Book

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00433 Author/Creator: Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Pamphlet Date: 1861 Pagination: 1 v. : 72 p. : ill. ; 17 x 11 cm. Order a Copy

Full title: "Zouave Drill Book. French Bayonet Exercise and Skirmisher;s Drill, as used by Col. Ellsworth's Zouaves, with over Thirty Illustrations. To Which is Added a Portrait and Biography of the Late Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth." Printed by King & Baird at 607 Sansom Street in Philadelphia. French bayonet exercises and skirmisher's drills. Contains 35 illustrations Also contains a biography of Ellsworth. Blue and red printed paper wrapper with portrait of Ellsworth.

Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861

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