Ellsworth, Elmer E. b. April 11, 1837 d. May 24, 1861 Civil War Union Army Officer. Served as Colonel and commander of the 11th New York Volunteer Infantry (known as the "Fire Zouaves"), and was the first commissioned Union Army officer killed in the Civil War. When Union forces occupied Alexanderia, Virginia in late May 1861, Colonel Ellsworth was killed in the act of removing a Confederate flag from the Marshall House Hotel. Private Francis Brownell of the 11th NY subsequently shot the man who killed the Colonel, and was awarded the Medal of...[Read More] Hudson View Cemetery, Mechanicville, Saratoga County, New York, USA
b. April 11, 1837 d. May 24, 1861