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Description:
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Portrait of Colonel Ellsworth. A sword and an olive branch appear below him. Four rifles and four Union flags appear behind him. A star appears above him. The words "Entered according to Act of Congress by Bloom & Smith, in 1861, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Southern District of New York" appear to the left of the image. The words "Wells, Cor. Park Row and Beekman at., New York." appear below the image. Ellsworth was killed after taking down a Confederate flag during the occupation of Alexandria, Virginia. Ellsworth was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln. |