Bolton, H., fl. 1860 to Capt. Paul J. Semmes

GLC00572.11

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Type
Letters
Date
August 3, 1860
Author/Creator
Bolton, H., fl. 1860
Title
to Capt. Paul J. Semmes
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 16 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson Lincoln

Writes that he saw Semmes's letter to the New York Herald editor dated July 23 and published on July 30, 1860 in which he offered a copy of the rules written for the Columbus Guard to Captain Ellsworth. Elmer Ellsworth, the founder of the Chicago Zouaves, was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln and his family. On May 24, 1861, the day after Virginia voted to secede from the Union, Ellsworth led his New York Zouave regiment into Alexandria. He was shot to death after cutting down a large Confederate flag flying in that city, making him the Union's earliest martyr. He asks if Semmes could also send him a copy.

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