1918 Print Drawing Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth - ORIGINAL HISTORIC WIS1 WWI This piece was illustrated by

This piece was illustrated by Phillips

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39 x 26 cm

NGM4A11C31

1918 Print Drawing Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth - ORIGINAL HISTORIC WIS1 WWI This piece was illustrated byThis is an original 1918 halftone print featuring a drawing made by Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth. The Drawing was reproduced from the original in the Wisconsin Historical Library. Elmer E. Ellsworth was a lawyer and soldier, best known as the first conspicuous casualty of the American Civil War. In 1859, Ellsworth became engaged to Carrie Spafford, daughter of a local industrialist and city leader. In 1860, he went to Springfield, Illinois, to work