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Col. Ellsworth was shot dead

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A Zouave stabbs another soldier with his bayonet on the landing of a stairwell. Another Zouave looks on while a third reaches towards a dead Zouave on the ground. Image caption, ""Father - Col. Ellsworth was shot dead this morning. I killed his murderer. Frank"" Ellsworth was the first Union casualty in the war and Frank probably refers to Corporal Francis E. Brownell who shot Ellsworth's killer. Along the left edge of the envelope is printed, ""Entered according to Act of Congress, 1861, by J.G. Wells, in the clerk's office of the Southern District of New York.""
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Patriotic Envelope Red &Amp; Blue Ephemera (Images)
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Public domain; please credit Union College Civil War Era Patriotic Envelopes
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Keywords

  1. Brownell, Francis E. (Francis Edwin), 1840 1894
  2. Caricatures And Cartoons
  3. Civil War
  4. Civil War, 1861 1865
  5. Ellsworth, E.E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837 1861
  6. Envelopes (Stationary)
  7. History
  8. Patriotic Envelopes
  9. Patriotism
  10. Pictorial Works
  11. Slaver
  12. Slavery & Anti Slavery
  13. United States

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