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Civil War Envelope Vignettes of Col. Ellsworth [129139]

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Civil War Envelope Vignettes of Col. Ellsworth  [129139]
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This item SOLD at 2021 Feb 15 @ 11:31UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Lot of five Civil War envelopes with Vignettes dedicated to Col. Ellsworth. Unused. Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, organizer of the 1st New York Zouaves, was memorialized in several designs as the first Union officer killed in the war. He was ordered into the Marshall House at Alexandria, Va., on May 24, 1861, to pull down the Confederate flag that hotel was flying, and replace it with a Union banner. Coming down the stairway with the Southern flag, the colonel was “assassinated” by the hotelkeeper who, in turn, was promptly dispatched by a comrade of Ellsworth.

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