Object Details
- associated person
- Brownell, Frank E.
- Ellsworth, Elmer E.
- unknown
- Description (Brief)
- Sergeant Frank E. Brownell, of the Ellsworth Zouaves, stabbed James W. Jackson, the proprietor of the Marshall House hotel at Alexandria, VA with this bayonet. Jackson had mortally wounded Col. E.E. Ellsworth, United States Volunteers, for hauling down the Confederate flag from the hotel roof.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Frank E. Brownell
- ca 1855
- ID Number
- AF.5611
- catalog number
- 5611
- accession number
- 22306
- Object Name
- bayonet
- bayonet, saber
- Other Terms
- bayonet; Edged Weapons; Army; Sword
- Measurements
- overall: 3 3/4 in x 26 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 9.525 cm x 67.31 cm x 3.175 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Frank E. Brownell
- Military
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Firearms
- Edged Weapons
- web subject
- Civil War
- related event
- Civil War
- Record ID
- nmah_412316
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-058f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
