Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-28

Melancholy Particulars Of tho Assnssiua-
ttop 81 Colonel Bllsworth nc Alexandria
From the Washington Dispatches dated
the Gath inst, to the New York press, We
gatherth III following particulars Of the death
OF Colonel Ellsworth
The Zouaves we're ordered to enter Alex
sndria this morning. In accordance with.
this order, the command was embarked on
the steamers Baltimore and Mount Vernon.
About FIVE o'clock they reached Alexandria.
Jut btflre reaching the wharf the comman-
der Of the PdVHee sent a flag of truce 10 the
rebel forces, giving them one hour In which
TO withdraw from the town. The baltimore
and Mount Krnon then made fast TO the
wharf. As the steamers approached the
rebel s%entinels fired their guns in the air and
retfeated back upon the main body, said to
have been about 1--WE hundred strong. Sim
ultaneously with the landing Of the Zouaves
the first Michigan Regiment entered Alex
andria by the road leading from Long
Bridge, and proceeded direct TO the railroad
depot of which they took possession, cap
turing q troop Of rebel cavalry numbering
one hundfedi with their horses and .equip-
ments.
The Zouavcs landed in good order in
double quick time, each company forming
in company order on the street facing the
river. Company E, Captain Leveridge, was
the frst to disembark. Captain LeveridRe's
company was at once detailed to destroy the
railroad track leading to Richmsnd, which
service they promptly performed After
detailing Company b, Colonel Ellsworth
directed the Adjutant to form the regiment,
and then with his Aid, Lieutenant Winser,
and file, Of men, started for the telegraph
office for the purpose Of cutting the wires.
Colonel Ellsworth and his detachment
proceeded in double-quick time up the street.
They had not proceeded three blocks when
the attention of Colonel Ellsworth was at
tracted by a large Secession flag flying from
the Marshall House, kept ~ j.. W. Jackson.
Colonel Ellsworth entered the hotel and
meeting q man in the hall, asked, "Who put
that flag up2" The man answered, ~ don't
know; | am a boarder here Colonel Ellis.
worth, Lieutenant Winser, the chaplain of
the regiment, and the four privates, went up
TO the root, and Colonel Ellsworth cut down
the flag.
The party were returning down stairs,
preceded by private Francis e. Brownell, Of
Company A. AS they left the attic, the man
who said he was a boarder, but who proved
TO be the landlord Jackson, was met In the
bali, having q double. barrel gun, which he
leveled at Br0wnelL Brownell struck up
the gun with his musket when Jackson
pulled both triggers of the gun. The con-
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worth, entering between the third and fifth
ribs. Colonel Ellsworth was at the time
rolling up the flag. He fell forward on the
floor of the hail and expired instantly, only
enchanting "My GodP
Private Browuell, with the quickness of
lightning leveled his musket at jackson, and
fred. The ball struck jackson on the
bridge of the nose, and crushed through his
skull, killing him instantly. as he fell
Prnunalt hnlIonad bio choS hU a thrnuf ne HE
bayonet which went through Jackson's
body. 1.
The companions of Colonel Ellsworth,
seven in number, Immediately posted them
selves so as to command the halls of the
hotel, and threatened to shoot the first man
who showed his head outside of door. In
this way they stood for ten minutes. Their
protracted absence alarmed Adjutant Leoser,
who ordered Company A, Captain Coyle, to
search for him. The company found their
commander dead, and their comrades in
possession ofthe hotel A surgeon was then
sent for, but Colonel Ellsworth was dead
long before his arrival.
The company made a litter of muskets,
and, placing the body of the Colonel on it,
returned 10 the boat, leaving, however, a
detachment to guard the hotel, and make
prisoners of all its occupants. The body
was brought to the maynard, and there
lSulolbs1 awaiting lhO uSfIOu " tue WI al
Department. After fitting ceremonies here,
bis remains will be taken to Mechanicsville,
N. Y, for interment. His family reside at
Mechanicsville, There were no other de-
NOR STATIONS Of opposition to the occupation
of the city.
A~ctiug-Sutgeon Penguet, of the Seventy
first Regiment, who made a post norton ex-
animation Of Colonel Ellsworth's body, re-
ports that the contents of the gun entered
the chest a little left of the breastbone, be-
tween the second and fourth ribs, fracturing
the thire, and passed through the left lung.
The heart and pericsrdium were not
wounded. The arch of the aorta aud broncnes
were lacerated. The lungs lodged in the
second and third dorsal vertebre.
Lieutenant Colonel Fsrnbam, who, by the
death of Colonel Ellsworth, is commander
of the Fire Zouaves, was IN the Mexican
War, is an efficient officer, and is believed
will prove worthy to fill the place of his
predecessor. r @