Marshall House flag badge given to Frank Brownell
date: label: date made
content: post 1861
label: Associated Date
content: May 24, 1861
name: label: associated person
content: Brownell, Frank E.
label: associated person
content: Ellsworth, Elmer E.
notes: label: Description
content: Gold metal badge given to Francis E. Brownell by Colonel Charles H. Strong, made with fragments of the Confederate flag flown over the Marshall House in Alexandria, Virginia. On May 24, 1861, Brownell, then a private in the 11th New York Volunteers, killed Marshall House proprietor James Jackson after Jackson shot Brownell's commanding officer, Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, when Ellsworth removed the Confederate flag flying over the hotel. The medal features a gilt eagle on a blue enamel shield, fastened to a gold star attached to a red cloth ribbon topped with a small gold frame. In the frame, behind a small pane of glass, is a fragment of the Marshall House flag.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Civil War memorialization
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Frank E. Brownell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.122981
label: catalog number
content: 122981
label: accession number
content: 30411
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Badge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cloth (ribbon material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (pendant material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, gilt (pendant material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, bag: 4 1/2 in x 4 in x 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 10.16 cm x 1.27 cm