Ella bishop civil war pictures

 Who was Ella Bishop?

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The Seventh Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers in the Civil War, 1862-1865.

A flag-raising occurred to-day at past headquarters, to which was attached peculiar interest. In its honor the Seventh was paraded under arms, the Forty-ninth Kentucky and two bat teries without arms.

A number of patriotic addresses were made including one by General Fry, but the chief attraction was the fair donor of the flag, Mrs. Ella Bishop Ransom, wife of the post commissary, who sat upon the platform.

Ella Bishop Flag, 1862 | A State Divided | PBS LearningMedia

The cause is well set forth in a document that embodies alike the first official recognition of her undaunted loyalty and a tribute to its worth : Headquarters 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Camp Ella Bishop, Lexington, Ky., Oct. 28th, 1862. General Orders No. —. When the rebels entered this portion of the State they treated with disrespect all evidences of loyalty and heaped their insults upon citizens by hauling from the steeples and from the windo ella bishop civil war pictures3 MOC