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)
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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