Portrait of Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth from photographic negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (1837-1861). A lawyer from Mechanicsville, New York, Ellsworth enlisted as a Colonel in the U.S. Army at New York City in 1861. He was commissioned into the 11th Infantry (New York), on May 7th of that year. Shortly thereafter he was killed while stationed with his regiment at the Marshall House hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, becoming the first casualty of the Civil War.

Date based on similar Brady studio photographs of Ellsworth with estimated dates of 1861.
"Col. Ellsworth, killed at Alexandria 1861" on photograph below image.
Photograph is housed in an album. Album page has decorative gold borders framing the print.
Collection of the Library of Congress and the National Museum of African American History & Culture.
Purchased by the Library of Congress and the National Museum of African American History and Culture; Swann Galleries; 2017.
Formerly owned by Emily Howland.
Forms part of the Emily Howland photograph album, p. 33.