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Ellsworth, Elmer Ephraim (1837-1861) Song on the death of Col. Ellsworth, the gallant Zouave

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03617.07 Author/Creator: Ellsworth, Elmer Ephraim (1837-1861) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Sheet music Date: 1861 Pagination: 1 p. ; 24.8 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Published by J. Magee at 316 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Printed on lined paper. Image of Ellsworth falling backward as he was shot at the top of the page. He is grasping the Confederate flag while another soldier returns fire with a rifle over his shoulder. Colored with red and blue. The song is played to the tune of "Rosin the Bow, or Tippecanoe." Seven stanza song. First stanza says: "Ye fathers and sons of Columbia, / Ye daughters who honor the brave, / Come join in my song to the mem'ry / Of Ellsworth the gallant Zouave. / To Ellsworth, the gallant Zouave, / to Ellsworth, our gallant Zouave; / Who tore down the banner of Treason, / And perished our Union to save."

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.

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

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