National Museum of American History
Saber Bayonet for Model 1855 Rifle used by Frank E. Brownell
Brownell, Frank E. · ca 1855
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.
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