Marshall House, as it was in 1861
C.T. American
Art Colored
Published by Louis Kaufmann & Sons, Baltmore, MD.
The Ordinance of Secession was ratified by the people at an election held Thursday, May 23rd, 1861.
The Federal troops entered and the Confederates evacuated on the morning of Friday, May 24,
about daybreak. Col. Ellsworth with a squad of his Zouaves repaired at once to the Marshall House
to capture teh only Confederate Flag flying in the city. Having secured the flag, he was proceeding
down the stairs when Mr. James Jackson, Proprietor of the House, came from his bed room [with a]
double barrel shot gun in hand and instantly killed Col. Ellsworth. As he was
about to discharge the remaining load, Corporal Brownell knocked the gun in the air then shot
and bayonnetted Jackson to the floor, killing him instantly. This post card is from the original
of the building as it stood at the time of the killing.
(Caption from postcard)
Death of Col. Ellsworth
Copyright [] by Adolph Selige Pub. Co. St. Louis
Marshall House (circa 1909)
Made in Germany
A.C. Bosselman & Co., New York
