Elmer E. Ellsworth
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 163 years ago |
| Date of birth | April 11,1837 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Malta |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Died | Alexandria |
| Virginia | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | May 24,1861 |
| Place of burial | Hudson View Cemetery, New York, United States |
| Unit | 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment |
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| ID | 3950032 |
Elmer E. Ellsworth Life story
Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth was a United States Army officer and law clerk who was the first conspicuous casualty and the first Union officer to die in the American Civil War. He was killed while removing a Confederate flag from the roof of the Marshall House inn in Alexandria, Virginia.