Col. Ellsworth's Funeral March - Sheet Music by Beckel, J. C - 1861

Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1861. Sheet Music. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 6 pages including the cover. Complete. Some soiling and foxing. Long horizontalt tear with old tape repairs. Cover shows a full-length portrait of Col. Ellsworth. This is the scarce small Ditson publication of the march. (Lee & Walker issued more commonly found printings of the same music.) Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, a friend of Abraham Lincoln, was the Commanding Officer of the 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, a Zouave unit. He was killed shortly after his regiment arrived in Washington and began the occupation of Alexandria, Virginia. While securing Alexandria, Ellsworth noticed a Confederate Flag flying above an inn. Ellsworth assisted by three of his men climbed to the roof and Ellsworth cut down the flag. On their way back downstairs, Ellsworth was killed by a shotgun blast to his chest. Corporal Francis Brownell immediately killed the innkeeper who had shot Ellsworth. Scarce, but with problems; so, priced accordingly.