A flag led to the 1st. widely publicized Union fatality of the war. Elmer Ellsworth of the 11th New York Regiment ("Fire Zouaves") led his men into Alexandria, Va., on May 24,1861. During her first Federal invasion of Southern soil, Ellsworth spotted a Confederate Flag on the roof of the Marshall House Tavern. He dashed to the roof, removed the flag, and on his way back down was shot and killed by tavern proprietor,James T. Jackson.