Watch chain made from the lanyard of the Confederate flag flown over the Marshall House hotel in Alexandria, Virginia. Proprietor James Jackson had been flying a large Confederate national flag over the Marshall House for several weeks before Virginia's vote for secession on May 23, 1861. On the following day, Colonel Elmer Ellsworth and several members of the 11th New York Volunteers forcibly removed the flag, which was visible from some parts of Washington, D. C. Ellsworth was shot and killed by Jackson as he descended with the flag, and Jackson was killed in turn by Union soldier Frank Brownell. After the incident, the Marshall House flag accompanied Ellsworth's body home to New York, and someone used the flag's lanyard to create this metallic thread and cloth chain with metal toggle clasp.
Yellow silk sash with two matching tassels worn by John Rutter Brooke after his promotion to the rank of general in 1864. Brooke was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on May 12, 1864, then brevet major general of volunteers on August 1, 1864. He wore this sash until 1866.
