northerners preferred to view him as the elmer ellsworth of the spanish-american war. ellsworth was remembered as the first union officer killed in the civil war, shot while removing the confederate flag from a building and alexandria, virginia on may 24th, 1861, which is the day that virginia voted on their secession ordinance, likening bagley to a union hero was a clear attempt. the to delineate bagley from his confederate heritage. there was some like he's like, yeah, he's the henry lawson wise i would prefer to see as the elmer ellsworth of of this war right. but regardless, regardless, both sides agree he is an american hero. and shortly after bagley's death congress removed the disqualification clause from the 14th amendment, they all know what that is the disqualification clause. so this was a clause that was put into the 14th amendment, one of the reconstruction amendments that barred any ex confederates holding office in the federal government. those are those who would participate in rebellion. can now could no longer hold office. so. southern newspaper edito