(ELMER ELLSWORTH PERIOD MOURNING DISPLAY)
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(ELMER ELLSWORTH PERIOD MOURNING DISPLAY)
EPHRAIM ELMER ELLSWORTH (1837-1861) Union officer and a close friend of Lincoln, leader of 'Ellsworth's Zouaves" who was killed by a hotel owner in Alexandria after tearing down a Confederate flag which had flown above the hotel. His death made Ellsworth a martyr for the Union. A great contemporary grouping of three items associated with Ellsworth's death, assembled under crudely-cut glass in a period wood frame. Included is a very rare black crepe Ellsworth mourning badge, a 2" circle of bunched black crepe with two ribbons hanging below. At center is attached a gem-sized tintype of Ellsworth showing him in uniform from the waist, up, the photo set in a brass mat. Beneath is a 2" x 1/4" section of red fabric with a period note resting above: "A piece of the secession Flag taken down at the Marshall House Alexandria by Colonel Ellsworth of the Regiment of Zouaves - For which patriotic act he was murderously shot by a rebel named Jackson". Both items rest upon a 5" x 7 1/2" (sight) albumen photo of the Marshall House in Alexandria, where Ellsworth was shot by hotel owner James W. Jackson on May 24, 1861. Verso backed in marbled paper. Overall fine.
EPHRAIM ELMER ELLSWORTH (1837-1861) Union officer and a close friend of Lincoln, leader of 'Ellsworth's Zouaves" who was killed by a hotel owner in Alexandria after tearing down a Confederate flag which had flown above the hotel. His death made Ellsworth a martyr for the Union. A great contemporary grouping of three items associated with Ellsworth's death, assembled under crudely-cut glass in a period wood frame. Included is a very rare black crepe Ellsworth mourning badge, a 2" circle of bunched black crepe with two ribbons hanging below. At center is attached a gem-sized tintype of Ellsworth showing him in uniform from the waist, up, the photo set in a brass mat. Beneath is a 2" x 1/4" section of red fabric with a period note resting above: "A piece of the secession Flag taken down at the Marshall House Alexandria by Colonel Ellsworth of the Regiment of Zouaves - For which patriotic act he was murderously shot by a rebel named Jackson". Both items rest upon a 5" x 7 1/2" (sight) albumen photo of the Marshall House in Alexandria, where Ellsworth was shot by hotel owner James W. Jackson on May 24, 1861. Verso backed in marbled paper. Overall fine.
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(ELMER ELLSWORTH PERIOD MOURNING DISPLAY)
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