Based on a painting by Alonzo Chappel, this engraving depicts the sudden, deadly encounter in Alexandria, Virginia. Innkeeper James Jackson fires a shotgun blast into Colonel Ellsworth, as Corporal Frank Brownell prepares to avenge his commander's murder.

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