Elmer E. Ellsworth facts for kids

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth
Quick facts for kids Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth
	Col. Elmer Ellsworth in 1861
Born	April 11, 1837; Malta, New York, U.S.
Died	May 24, 1861 (aged 24); Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Buried	Hudson View Cemetery; Mechanicville, New York, U.S.
Allegiance	United States of America Union;
Service/branch	United States Army Union Army;
Years of service	1861
Rank	Colonel
Unit	11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars	American Civil War

^{National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.}
Portrait of Elmer Ellsworth by unknown artist after Matthew Brady photograph (2011)

Last letter written by Elmer Ellsworth (dated May 23, 1861)

The Marshall house where Col Ellsworth was shot

The Hotel Monaco, now The Alexandrian, on the site of the Marshall House, seen in 2009.

Private Francis Brownell

^{Library of Congress}
Death of Col. Ellsworth
(Currier and Ives engraving, 1861)

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Coat and Pants of Colonel Ellsworth (paired images)

The grave of Elmer E. Ellsworth, located in Hudson View Cemetery, Mechanicville, NY

Photographs show Colonel Elmer Ellsworth of Field and Staff, 11th New York Infantry Regiment; Marshall House at the corner of King and Pitt Streets, Alexandria, Virginia, the scene of the assassination of Col. Ellsworth on May 24, 1861; and Lieutenant Francis Brownell of Co. A, 11th New York Infantry Regiment, who killed James Jackson after he murdered Col. Ellsworth. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Photographs by Mathew Brady

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (April 11, 1837 – May 24, 1861) was a United States Army officer and law clerk who was the first conspicuous casualty and the first Union officer to die in the American Civil War. He was killed while removing a Confederate flag from the roof of the Marshall House inn in Alexandria, Virginia.

Before the war, Ellsworth led a touring military drill team, the "Zouave Cadets of Chicago". He was a close personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, who as President later eulogized him as "the greatest little man I ever met". After his death, Ellsworth's body lay in state at the White House. The phrase, "Remember Ellsworth", became a rallying cry and call to arms for the Union Army.

Images for kids

National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.Portrait of Elmer Ellsworth by unknown artist after Matthew Brady photograph (2011)
United States National ArchivesCoat and Pants of Colonel Ellsworth (paired images)