Stereograph showing a group of people sitting on the front porch of the Marshall House at the corner of King and Pitt streets, the scene of the assassination of Col. E. E. Ellsworth on May 24, 1861. A sign with the words Oyster Bay stands on the right side of photo. Title from caption. Alt title from recto. Written on verso: Scene of the assassination of Colonel E.E. Ellsworth, Commander of the N.Y. Zouaves. He was shot and instantly killed by Jackson, the landlord, for pulling down a Rebel flag from the flag-staff on the roof. Colonel Ellsworth's death was immediately avenged by Sergeant Brownell of his Zouaves, who shot and bayonetted Jackson almost at the same moment that Jackson shot Colonel Ellsworth; their dead bodies fell within three feet of each other. This occurred on May 24, 1861.
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