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Congress Seeks Monument for Ellsworth First Union Officer Killed
Representative Farr urges a $5,000 appropriation to honor Col Ephraim Ellsworth the first Union officer killed in the Civil War. E M Coates recounts Ellsworths death at the Marshall House Alexandria Va and details from Ellsworth Zouaves veteran Lt F M Goates of their role in the tragedy and Lincoln era memories. The story covers Ellsworths early career in Lincoln's circle and the call for a Washington monument with congressional support anticipated.
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Farr
Proprietor Jackson
Marshall House
Alexandria
F. M. Goates
Ellsworth
Abraham Lincoln
House of Representatives
John Tt. Parr
Pennsylvania
Washington
Ephraim Elmer Hilsworth
Col
Blisworth
Mechantonville
Lincoln
Farrhag
Col. Ellsworth
E. M. Coates
Highlands Apartments
Whisworth
Marshall
King Street
Virginia
Cuaten
Coates
Col Ellsworth
Springfield
Ellsworth Zouaves
Iinois
Tlinois
Cole Ellsworth
Jackson
Bilsworth
Corps
Darnell
White House
Rav
Prume
New York
Col. Wilsworth
New York City
Mechanicsville
Congress
Col. Bitaworth
Ami