E. John Ellis diary, 1865 April-October (vol. 2) - E. John Ellis diary, 1865 April-October (vol. 2)

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E. John Ellis diary, 1865 April-October (vol. 2)
Biographical Note
Ezekiel John Ellis, attorney and congressman, was born Oct. 15, 1840, in St. Tammany Parish, La., to Ezekiel Parke Ellis and Tabitha Warner Ellis. He received his early education in Covington and Clinton, La., and later attended Centenary College at Jackson, La., graduating in 1858. He studied law at the University of Louisiana in New Orleans (now Tulane University) obtaining his law degree in 1861. At the onset of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Confederate army as a first lieutenant and was later promoted to captain in the 16th Louisiana Infantry Regiment, Army of Tennessee. His regiment participated in the Confederate Heartland Offensive. He was sent to Johnson Island, Lake Erie, Ohio, after his capture at the Battle of Missionary Ridge in February of 1863. He remained a prisoner at Johnson Island for the duration of the war and was paroled in June of 1865. After the war he returned to Amite, where he served as editor to the Amite Daily Wanderer until 1866, and then moved to Covington to open a law practice. Ellis was an active member of the Democratic Party, serving in Louisiana State Senate (1866-1870) and the United States House of Representative (1875-1885). He also held the position of chairman of the Committee on Mississippi Levees and was a key figure in the Wormley House Conference that helped resolve the disputed election of 1876 in Louisiana. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., where he died April 25, 1889.
Date Created
1865
Subject
Ellis, Ezekiel John, 1840-1889
Johnson Island Prison
Prisoners of war--Ohio
Plantation owners--Louisiana--Fiction
Secession--Southern States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
United States--Politics and government--1865-1869
Topics
military, prisoner of war; writing, literature, and reading
Form
diary
Language Code
en
Contributing Repository
LSU Libraries. Special Collections
Repository Collection
E. John Ellis Diary, Mss. 2795
Digital Collection
Civil War Context and Conflict at LSU Libraries
Repository Collection Guide
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/2795.inv.pdf
Physical Location
LSU Libraries
Hill Memorial Library: Special Collections
Shelf Location
H:14
Rights
Physical rights are retained by the LSU Libraries. Copyright has expired and the item is therefore in the public domain. Permission to reproduce this image must be requested through the Special Collections Division, Louisiana State University Libraries.
Cite As
E. John Ellis Diary, Mss. 2795, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La.
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