Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This is a black and white illustration of E. E. (Elmer Ephraim) Ellsworth, a United States Army officer and law clerk who was the first conspicuous casualty and the first Union officer to die in the American Civil War. Ellsworth is depicted in his Union uniform, including a double breasted coat, a belt, a sword, and a hat. His signature is depicted beneath the illustration. This illustration is from volume four of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.
Publication Date
1890
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Publisher
New York : The Century Co
Time Period
1890-1899
Subjects
Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, 1837 – 1861
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V4_E-E-Ellsworth_001
Source
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 4
Repository
The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
Recommended Citation
"Illustration, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim) Ellsworth" (1890). Images. 168.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/168