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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00433 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | The Zouave Drill Book |
| Date | 1861 |
| Author | Ellsworth, Elmer Ephraim (1837-1861) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Full title: "Zouave Drill Book. French Bayonet Exercise and Skirmisher's Drill, as used by Col. Ellsworth's Zouaves, with over Thirty Illustrations. To Which is Added a Portrait and Biography of the Late Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth." Printed by King & Baird at 607 Sansom Street in Philadelphia. French bayonet exercises and skirmisher's drills. Contains 35 illustrations Also contains a biography of Ellsworth. Blue and red printed paper wrapper with portrait of Ellsworth. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Weaponry |
| People | Ellsworth, Elmer Ephraim (1837-1861) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | The American Civil War |
| 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. |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |