Ellsworth, Elmer Ephraim (1837-1861) In Memory of Col. Ellsworth, of N.Y. Fire Zouaves, Assassinated, May 24th 1861
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03617.05 Author/Creator: Ellsworth, Elmer Ephraim (1837-1861) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Sheet music Date: circa 1861 Pagination: 1 p. ; 23.2 x 15.6 cm. Order a Copy
Published by H. De Marson at 54 Chatham Street in New York. Hand-colored song sheet with draped American flags flowing down the sides. At the bottom left corner is an image of a Zouave and at the bottom right corner is the image of a slave dressed in a loincloth. Also has an image of the American eagle above an image of Ellsworth's grave, with items associated with his life. The song is four stanzas long. First stanza says: "Fall'n when his course had just begun - / Columbia mourns her hero son, / And with her tears bedews the grave / Of Ellsworth - leader of the brave!" For a similar image of the drapped flags see GLC03617.08, which is not hand-colored (the song is different at .08).
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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