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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03617.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Song sheets pertaining to the death of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth |
| Title | Death of Colonel Ellsworth |
| Date | ca. 1861 |
| Author | Gay, James D. (fl. 1861-1879) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | Composed by Gay and published and printed by J.H. Johnson at No. 7 North Tenth Street in Philadelphia. Upper left corner has image of Ellsworth standing on a Confederate flag while an American flag is draped behind him. Caption of the image says "Remember Ellsworth!" Song is sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne. Contains six stanzas. Last stanza says: "Our flag's insulted, friends are slain, / And must we quiet be? / No, no, we'll rally round the flag / Which leads to victory. / Our flag, the glorious Stars and Stripes, / Forever must she wave, / Where true men live and die each day, / Their country for to save; / Their country for to save. / Where true men live and die each day, / Their country for to save." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Confederate States of America Death Propaganda Art, Music, Theater, and Film American Flag |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, a friend of Abraham Lincoln, was commander of the 11th New York Infantry, a unit of Zouaves from the New York City Fire Department. He was killed on 24 May 1861, attempting to remove a Confederate flag from the Marshall House, a hotel in Alexandria, Virginia. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Unit | New York 11th Infantry |