War-era song sheet cover shows a lithograph image of Colonel Ellsworth in uniform, standing on a U.S. flag. Arranged by William J. Lemon. Published by Lee & Walker of Philadelphia.

Words to first and second verse read, “Who is this ye say is slain? Whose voice answers not again? Ellsworth, shall we call in vain, On thy name today? Bring that Rebel banner low, hoisted by a treach’rous foe: twas for that they dealt the blow, Laid him in the dust. No! from every vale and hill, One response all hearts shall thrill: Ellsworth’s fame is with us still, Ne’er to pass away. Raise aloft, that all may see his loved flag of liberty, forward then to victory, Or perish if we must.” Two more verses follow.

Measures 10” x 13”. Yellowing has occurred, with areas of spotting, and one very small tear at the top right of all pages. Left side of pages is sewn.

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (April 11, 1837 – May 24, 1861) was a law clerk and United States Army soldier, best known as the first conspicuous casualty and the first Union officer killed in the Civil War. He was killed while removing a Confederate flag from the roof of the Marshall House Inn of Alexandria, Virginia, at the behest of Abraham Lincoln, as the flag had been visible from the White House as a defiant sign of the Confederacy. Before his death, as tension built up toward the war, Colonel Ellsworth had been the leader of a famous touring military drill team known as the "Fire Zouaves" and was a close personal friend of Lincoln. Lincoln called him "the greatest little man I ever met", and his body lay in state at the White House after his death. Following his death, "Remember Ellsworth" would become a Union rallying cry. [Sl]

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