Lot 1072
Ellsworth, Elmer E. (1837-1861), Colonel of 11th New York regiment ("Fire Zouaves"), friend of Lincoln and accompanied him from Chicago to Washington for his Inauguration. 4 x 2½ carte-de-visite photograph in dapper civilian attire signed on the bottom of the 6¼ x 4 decorative matte. From the collection of Kate Chase Sprague, daughter of Treasury Secretary-Chief Justice S. P. Chase and wife of Rhode Island "boy governor", General William Sprague. Also Brownell, Francis E. 4 x 2½ carte-de-visite photograph of "Ellsworth's Avenger" (1840-1894), photo of Brownell wearing officer's uniform and Medal of Honor with Silsbee, Case & Co., Boston backstamp, signed in pencil on verso: "Compliments of Frank E. Brownell 1st Lieut. 11th Inftry U.S. Army". Accompanied by U.S. Civil War patriotic cover depicting the scene of Ellsworth's death. Three items that would make a wonderful display.
Estimate 5,000 - 6,000
Ellsworth was the first Union officer to die in the Civil War. He was killed by James T. Jackson, proprietor of Alexandria, Virginia's Marshall House Tavern when Ellsworth attempted to remove a Confederate flag from the building roof. Brownell, the private who shot and killed Jackson, received the Medal of Honor. Ellsworth became a Union martyr and his body lay in state in the White House.
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