11th New York Fire Zouaves Artifacts at Ft. Ward Museum

Friend Ron Baumgarten of All Not So Quiet Along the Potomac has forwarded a few images Fire Zouave ephemera he recorded at the Ft. Ward Museum in Alexandria, VA. You can check out more on the story of Elmer Ellsworth, James Jackson, and Francis Brownell here. Enjoy! (Click on the photos for larger images – click those images for great big giant huge ones)

 

Elmer Ellsworth’s Kepi

11th NY Drum

11th NY Drum Placard

Marshall House Flag Raising

Commemorative Vase

Lettering From Marshall House

Marshall House Lettering Placard

Remnant of Marshall House First National Flag

Flag Remnant Placard

Boyhood Chair of the “Hero” James Jackson

 

Col. Charles Fisher, 6th North Carolina

I have a lengthy memoir of Fisher and the 6th, presented at the dedication of a portrait of the Colonel. I found it at UNC’s Wilson Library a few years ago – hope to get it transcribed and posted here eventually.

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