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Colonel Ellsworth Sketch



Colonel Ellsworth Sketch
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Title: Colonel Ellsworth Sketch
Description: Original sketch drawn by Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth in 1858 at Madison, Wisconsin, and presented to N.B. Van Slyke. Col. Ellsworth commanded the 1st Zouaves and was the first casualty of the Civil War. He died in Alexandria, Virginia, on May 24, 1861.

Image ID: 69814
Creation
Date:
1858 
Creator
Name:
Ellsworth, Elmer E.
Collection
Name:
Album 13 (The Civil War--Portraits, Military Camps, Military Training)
Genre: Drawings
Subjects: Portraits
Civil War, 1861-1865
Men
Drawing
Beards
 

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