1861 ELMER ELLSWORTH. Autograph of First Union Soldier Killed in the Civil War! Ephemera also includes a 1912 newspaper

also includes a 1912 newspaper clipping on a young girl miraculously healed from a public newspaper in London

London: Central Tract Depot

Third Edition

*The Uses and Advantages of Poetry

it is telling that the only time he ever entered into the public fray in such a dramatic way was on the issue of believers' baptism

1861 ELMER ELLSWORTH. Autograph of First Union Soldier Killed in the Civil War! Ephemera also includes a 1912 newspaperVery rare original autograph on Union envelope of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, who would become the first well known casualty of the Civil War. Elmer Ellsworth (1837 1861) was an important young leader in the run up to the Civil War in New York. He volunteered to muster troops from his home town of Rockford and was the signatory on the muster roles. His leadership was cut short on May 24, 1861 when he became the first Union soldier killed in the Civil