. Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ... . THE MURDER OF COLONEL ELLSWORTH AT THE MARSHALL HOUSE, ALEXANDRIA, YA., MAY 24th, 1861. Colonel Ellsworth was passing the Marshall House in Alexandria, Va., when he saw a Confederate flag waving above it. On the spur of the mo-ment he entered the hotel, and ascending to the roof with two or three friends, cut the halyards and took possession of the flag. As he descended thestairs he was fired at by James W. Jackson, proprietor of the hotel. Colonel Ellsworth fell to the ground mortally wounded. F. FORT SUMTEE, CHARLESTON

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