{"nrhp_refnum":"76001273","name":"Ellsworth, Col. Elmer E., Monument and Grave","other_names":[],"category":"object","location":{"address":"Hudson View Cemetery","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mechanicville","county":"Saratoga County","state":"NY","lat":42.89814206600005,"lon":-73.69171832099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-11-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A granite monument and grave of Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth in the family burial plot of Hudson View Cemetery, off Harris Avenue on the southern edge of Mechanicville, Saratoga County, New York. The monument was erected in 1873-1874.","why_significant":"Ellsworth organized the first American Zouave drill group in 1859, raised a Zouave regiment from New York City volunteer firemen, and was a friend of Abraham Lincoln. He was killed at Alexandria, Virginia, in May 1861 and is regarded as the first northern casualty of the Civil War. Because his boyhood home no longer exists and he moved from city to city, the nomination holds that the monument and grave are the most suitable place to commemorate him.","narrative":"A 25-foot Quincy granite shaft marks the grave of Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth in the family plot at Hudson View Cemetery, on the southern edge of Mechanicville. Topped by a bronze eagle with outstretched wings, it carries a bronze medallion portrait, a marble panel with a coat of arms drawn by Ellsworth, and inscriptions about his life and death. Cost was about $5,000, paid partly by a New York State appropriation, a donation from his old regiment, and public subscription. Ellsworth, born in Malta in 1837 and raised in Mechanicville, organized the first American Zouave drill group in 1859 and later recruited a regiment from New York City volunteer firemen. A friend of Abraham Lincoln, he was shot in Alexandria, Virginia, on May 24, 1861, after taking down a secessionist flag, and is considered the first northern casualty of the Civil War. His boyhood home is gone, so the monument is the main memorial to him.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The form lists the condition as unaltered and on its original site. The grave and monument remain in use as a grave and monument, in an enclosed family plot.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.750897-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/76001273.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001273/b6e59ba48f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001273/b6e59ba48f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Peter Flass","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elmer_Ellsworth_Monument.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Flass</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elmer_Ellsworth_Monument.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321574","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col._Elmer_E._Ellsworth_Monument_and_Grave","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5141762"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/saratoga-county/ellsworth-col-elmer-e-monument-and-grave-76001273/"}