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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03617.08 |
| From Archive Folder | Song sheets pertaining to the death of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth |
| Title | A Voice from Ellsworth |
| Date | ca. 1861 |
| Author | Ellsworth, Elmer Ephraim (1837-1861) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | Dedicated to the New-York Fire-Zouaves. Published by H. De Marsan at 54 Chatham Street, New York. Has same image of flags drapping the sides as well as an image of a Zouave and a black slave that is at GLC03617.05, except this version is not hand-colored (the song at .05 is different). Includes seven stanza song. First stanza says: "A patriot's name will never die . . / the flame will ever burn . . / The last heard moan, the dying sigh / Is calling from the tomb." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Confederate States of America Death Propaganda Art, Music, Theater, and Film African American History Slavery |
| People | Ellsworth, Elmer Ephraim (1837-1861) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, a friend of Abraham Lincoln, was commander of the 11th New York Infantry, a unit of Zouaves from the New York City Fire Department. He was killed on 24 May 1861, attempting to remove a Confederate flag from the Marshall House, a hotel in Alexandria, Virginia. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Unit | New York 11th Infantry |