Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861 [Song sheets pertaining to the death of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth] [decimalized]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03617 Author/Creator: Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861 Place Written: Various Places Type: Header Record Date: circa 1861 Pagination: 10 items Order a Copy
Includes 9 song sheets plus print on small card in one folder. Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, a friend of Abraham Lincoln, was commander of the 11th New York Infantry, a unit of Zouaves from the New York City Fire Department. He was killed on 24 May 1861, attempting to remove a Confederate flag from the Marshall House, a hotel in Alexandria, Virginia.
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