Elmer E. Ellsworth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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US Army officer (1837-1861)
Date of Birth: 11-Apr-1837
Place of Birth: Malta, New York, United States
Date of Death: 24-May-1861
Profession: soldier
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Elmer E. Ellsworth
- Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (April 11, 1837 – May 24, 1861) was a law clerk and United States Army soldier who was the first conspicuous casualty and the first Union officer to die in the American Civil War.
- He was killed while removing a Confederate flag from the roof of the Marshall House inn in Alexandria, Virginia.Before the war, Ellsworth led a touring military drill team, the "Zouave Cadets of Chicago".
- He was a close personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, who as President later eulogized him as "the greatest little man I ever met".
- After his death, Ellsworth's body lay in state at the White House.
- The phrase, "Remember Ellsworth", became a rallying cry and tool for recruiting Union soldiers.
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