Price
$20.00
Condition
used
Product Condition
Very fine
Size
2.25" x 3.5"
Col. Ellsworth “Assassinated” Illustrated Mourning Card.
One-sided Civil War mourning-style card featuring a large illustrated portrait of Union hero Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth within a black memorial border reading “Colonel Ellsworth – Assassinated – May 24, 1861.” Produced shortly after Ellsworth’s death, the piece reflects the enormous Northern reaction to one of the first widely publicized Union casualties of the Civil War.
Ellsworth, a close friend of Abraham Lincoln and commander of the famed New York Fire Zouaves, was killed while removing a Confederate flag from the Marshall House Inn in Alexandria, Virginia. His death instantly transformed him into a Union martyr and patriotic symbol.
An attractive and highly displayable Civil War patriotic item with bold graphic appeal. Original.
Colonel Elmer Ellsworth became one of the North’s earliest Civil War heroes after being shot on May 24, 1861, during the Union occupation of Alexandria, Virginia. His death received enormous press coverage and helped galvanize Northern patriotic sentiment during the opening weeks of the war. Lincoln, personally affected by the loss, reportedly said, “My boy Ellsworth was killed for the Union.”
$20.00
used
Very fine
2.25" x 3.5"