Object Details
- Description
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- associated person
- Brownell, Frank E.
- Ellsworth, Elmer E.
- date made
- post 1861
- Associated Date
- May 24, 1861
- Credit Line
- Frank E. Brownell
- Physical Description
- cloth (ribbon material)
- enamel (pendant material)
- metal, gilt (pendant material)
- Measurements
- overall, bag: 4 1/2 in x 4 in x 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 10.16 cm x 1.27 cm
- Object Name
- Badge
