The first officer killed in the Revolution. Warren. The first officer killed in the present Rebellion. Ellsworth [graphic]

Title

Description

The first officer killed in the Revolution. Warren. The first officer killed in the present Rebellion. Ellsworth. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts the first two soldiers killed in America’s Revolutionary War and Civil War, Joseph Warren and Elmer Ellsworth.

Note: Title from item.

Subject

Covers (Philately) -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861 -- Portraits.

Envelopes (Stationery).

Patriotic envelopes -- 1860-1870.

Soldiers -- United States.

Soldiers -- United States -- 1860-1870.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Art and the war.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Portraits.

Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775 -- Portraits.

Source

Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. USM 017

Publisher

Upham, Samuel C. (Samuel Curtis), 1819-1885

Date

between 1861 and 1865

Rights

This image is presented for research and educational purposes only, and may not be distributed or re-published without permission from the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library.

Language

English

Identifier

A1985/012/0355

Coverage

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Is Part Of

William Caleb Loring Illustrated Envelope Collection. See the Museum Archives for more information regarding this collection.

Illustrated Patriotic Envelopes of the American Civil War exhibition

Extent

1 item ; 9 x 14 cm.

Provenance

Gift of William Caleb Loring.

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Collection

American Civil War Collection

Citation

“The first officer killed in the Revolution. Warren. The first officer killed in the present Rebellion. Ellsworth [graphic],” digitalVGW, accessed March 26, 2023, https://digitalvgw.omeka.net/items/show/853.