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Photographer: Howard C. Ohlhous
Taken: February 20, 2011
Caption: Ellsworth Eagle - Hudson View Cemetery
Additional Description: Detail of the brass eagle atop the Ellsworth Memorial
At some point in early 1997 this large, 300-pound brass eagle was stolen from atop the grave site monument to Col. Elmer Ellsworth. In December of 1997 a notice with photo, was posted on the Internet by The Sons Of Union Veterans Of The Civil War, which was spotted by an antique dealer in Massachusetts who had the eagle. The authorities were contacted, and one week later the eagle was home.
Submitted: March 7, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p146489
File Size: 1.613 Megabytes

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