Requiescat in Pace: Memorial photographs of the Civil War
By Richard Leisenring Jr. After the death of Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth in 1861, patriotic Northerners eager to remember his martyrdom purchased a huge number of cartes de visite featuring
By Richard Leisenring Jr. After the death of Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth in 1861, patriotic Northerners eager to remember his martyrdom purchased a huge number of cartes de visite featuring