The deaths of Union Colonel Elmer Ellsworth and secessionist James Jackson on May 24, 1861 at the Marshall House Hotel on King Street during the Federal occupation of Alexandria stirred patriotic fervor in the North and South. This exhibit features objects from the museum collection, like a star from the flag that had flown over Marshall House, and loan items from the Mary Custis Lee Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy to tell the story of the event that launched the Civil War in Alexandria.
Tuesday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays, from noon to 5 p.m.
