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Title: To the Father and Mother of Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth
Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, author
Date Created and/or Issued: 1861-05-25
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: United States Civil War
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Description: Three page letter from Abraham Lincoln to the parents of Elmer E. Ellsworth on the death of their son.
Elmer Ellsworth became known as the first conspicuous Union casualty on May 24, 1861. Ellsworth was shot and killed by James Jackson, the innkeeper of Marshall House in Alexandria, after Ellsworth had taken down the Confederate flag on the roof of the inn. The death became a rallying cry for the North, and his death was keenly felt by Lincoln. Ellsworth had worked for Lincoln in Springfield and was close to him.
Extent: 3 p. ; 25.4 x 10 cm (10 x 4 in.)
Identifier: mssHM 25383
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll6/id/5833
Language: English
Subject: Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Correspondence
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources
Letters (correspondence) United States Civil War, 1861-1865. (aat)
Letters (correspondence) United States 19th century. (aat)
Source: Lincoln File
United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library

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