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A Requiem in Memory of Ellsworth
With his left hand on his sword, the dashing figure of Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth depicted on this cover appears every bit the martyr he was seen as in the North. Ellsworth was the first Union officer killed in the war. He was shot by James Jackson, a notorious defender of slavery, after he removed a Confederate flag from Jackson's inn in Alexandria. His story is retold in this music to remind listeners why they are fighting. |