A Requiem in Memory of Ellsworth & Col. Ellsworth's Funeral March by George William Warren & Septimus Winner - 1861

New Yoek & Philadelphia, 1861. Disbound. Very good. Two pieces of sheet music honoring Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, the first Union hero of the Civil War. Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, a friend of Abraham Lincoln, was the Commanding Officer of the 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, also known as the Firsts Fire Zouaves. 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, the Marshall House. Ellsworth assisted by three of his men climbed to the roof where Ellsworth cut down the flag. On their way back downstairs, Ellsworth was confronted by the innkeeper, James Jackson, and killed by a shotgun blast to his chest. Corporal Francis Brownell, who had accompanied Ellsworth immediately killed Jackson.

A Requiem in Memory of Ellsworth by George William Warren. New York: Firth Pond & Co, 1861. First edition. Complete with eight pages including the cover. This uncommon piece of sheet music features a full-length portrait of Ellsworth in the center of the front cover surrounded by eight detailed vignettes illustrating the incident. Removed from a privately bound music album so a little rough along its left edge. Clean with three small fait spots and a music store handstamp.

Col. Ellsworth's Funeral March composed and respectfully dedicated to Francis E. Brownell Esquire by Septimus Winner. Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1861. First edition. Complete with eight pages including the cover which features a color lithograph of Ellsworth standing on a Confederate flag. Removed from a privately bound music album so a little rough along its left edge. Clean with bright color and a music store hand stamp.

. (For more information, see Edwards's "The Death of Colonel Ellsworth" in April 2011 edition of The Smithsonian Magazine.)

Uncommon. At the time of listing, one unillustrated edition of Winner's composition is for sale in the trade. Several examples of Winner's illustrated editions and one of Warren's have appeared at auction and on . OCLCC lists less than twenty institutions holding examples of these compositions.