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
Harry Smeltzer
Bull Runnings 
So that’s where the Oregon Ducks got their “O” emblem from.
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My Great Great Great Grandfather mentions in his letters getting a piece of the stairway. I wish I knew where it was.
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That would be something to have, Bill.
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