Ellsworth, Elmer Ephraim (1837-1861) [Special order]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08169 Author/Creator: Ellsworth, Elmer Ephraim (1837-1861) Place Written: Washington D. C. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 06 May 1861 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy
Setting up the orders of the day for the 1st New York Fire Zouaves. Gives orders about breakfast and duties. States a police guard should be posted at 5 o'clock and allow no one to pass. Charges the quartermaster with inspecting the guns, and orders captains to hand in a roll of their commands by 9 o'clock. Ellsworth organized the NY Fire Zouaves from volunteer NY firefighters. He was killed on 24 May 1861 and was the first well known individual to die in the Civil War.
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