His name and picture takes up most of the city seal. He is memorialized in the name of Ellsworth Avenue, and on a state historical marker on Central Avenue, down the hill from Hudson View Cemetery. He is buried in that cemetery, where a still impressive monument marks his grave. And while the Mechanicville Cemetery Association, the nonprofit that owns the property, hopes to improve upkeep there, it has no immediate plans to go beyond the twice-yearly cutting now done in the old section.
The grass is shorter and conditions better in most of the cemetery, still in active use, on South Street, near Tallmadge Park. The city of Mechanicville is hoping to rebuild that section of South Street, which is in poor shape. At the grave site, a relief sculpture of Ellsworth is affixed to an obelisk bearing his name, on top of which is a black sculpture of a fierce-looking American eagle. It was not in the course of battle. Ellsworth had seen a Confederate flag flying from the roof of a hotel, and took it down, and was immediately shot and killed by the hotel keeper, who was in turn killed by another Union soldier, Corporal Francis Brownell of Troy.
He said he was also concerned about the conditions of other grave sites in the cemetery, including that of John Newman. Until , he lived on the property. Then he left the job for a decade, coming back about seven years ago. Tom Salvadore, a funeral director who sits on the cemetery association board and is chairman of its grounds committee, acknowledged that staff has been reduced.
The Museum will display the uniform Ellsworth wore when he was killed for the next four weeks. New York State Historian, Dr. Robert Weible, reminded the gathering that New Yorkers accounted for the largest state contingent of recruits to fight on behalf of the Union.
Weible further noted that it is inconceivable that the North would have prevailed in the struggle without the support provided by the financial, industrial, and human resources of the Empire State. He also complimented the large audience for turning out despite the unfavorable weather conditions. Lincoln regarded the Colonel as a younger brother and invited him to live in the White House for a time. Re-enactor Baylis was accompanied by his wife who, dressed in period costume, could easily have been mistaken for Mary Todd Lincoln herself.
Ahearn Rescue Squad, and the City Historian. He helped his friend and law mentor Abraham Lincoln in his quest for the presidency, and when Lincoln put out the call for troops after Fort Sumter was fired upon, Ellsworth responded.
Within days he organized more than 1, New York firefighters into a regiment of volunteers. When he was killed, the Lincolns rushed to the Navy Yard to view the body of the young man they had loved as a son. The trickle of blood had now become a torrent that would not stop for four long years. In the six decades since the last portrait of Ellsworth was written, new information has been found that gives readers and historians a better understanding of the Ellsworth phenomenon and his deep connections to the Lincoln family.
Advanced Praise. Elmer Ellsworth in 60 years. His death at 24 years old established Ellsworth as the first martyred Union hero of the conflict. His connection to President Lincoln made the dashing young officer a national icon who captured the romance of war, particularly in his exotic Zouave uniform.
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