Research materials regarding Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, 1859-1911.

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Research materials regarding Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, 1859-1911.

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Ellsworth, colonel of the New York Zouaves, First Regiment, was the first Union officer to die in the Civil War, assassinated during the May 24, 1861 capture of Alexandria, Virginia. His murderer was immediately killed by Zouave corporal Frank E. Brownell. The papers include a copy of Ellsworth's 1859 diary, with comments on his organization of the U.S. Zouave Cadets, a Chicago military organization; Brownell's writings about Ellsworth (undated); and correspondence, related papers, and clippings mainly covering Ellsworth's death and Brownell's research, lectures, and writings.

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