Washington Lafayette Elliott
Born: March 31, 1825
Birthplace: Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Father: U.S. Navy Commodore Jesse Elliott 1782 – 1845
(Buried: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Mother: Frances Caln Vaughn 1791 – 1877
(Buried: Ashland Cemetery, Carlisle, Pennsylvania)
Wife: Valeria Biddle 1828 – 1900
(Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California)
Children:
Washington Graham Elliott 1852 – 1924
(Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings on the Hudson, New York)
Frances Vaughan Elliott 1862 – 1940
(Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California)
Education:
1841 – 1844: Attended West Point Military Academy
1844: Left Military Academy to study Medicine
Occupation before War:
1846 – 1847: 2nd Lt. United States Army Infantry
1847: Became Sick at the Battle of Vera Cruz
1847 – 1848: Recruiter for United States Army in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1847 – 1854: 1st Lt. United States Army Infantry
1847 – 1854: Quartermaster in United States Army
1854 – 1861: Captain in United States Army
Civil War Career:
1861: Served in the Battle of Wilson’s Creek, Missouri
Major United States Army, 3rd Cavalry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 2nd Iowa Cavalry Regiment
1862: Served in the Battle of Island No. 10
1862: Brigade Commander at the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi
1862 – 1866: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers
Staff Officer on Major General Pope’s Staff, Army of the Mississippi
1862: Chief of Cavalry for the Union Army of Virginia
1862: Wounded in left arm at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
1862: Commander of the Union Army, District of Wisconsin
1862: Commander of the Union Army, Department of the Northwest
1863: Brigade Commander for the Union Army, Middle Department
1863: Served in the Second Battle of Winchester, Virginia
1863: Served after Gettysburg Division Commander Army of Potomac
1863: Cavalry Division Commander at Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee
1864: Cavalry commander during the Atlanta, Georgia Campaign
1864: Led infantry division at the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee
Commander of Union Army, District of Kansas
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on March 1st
1866: Brevetted Major General for his service in the War
Occupation after War:
Major of United States Army, 1st Cavalry Regiment
Lt. Colonel of United States Army, 1st Cavalry Regiment
1878 – 1879: Colonel of United States Army, 3rd Cavalry Regiment
1879: Retired from United States Army in March
1879 – 1888: Suffered from Rheumatism and Heart Disease
1879 – 1888: Banker in San Francisco, California
Died: June 29, 1888
Place of Death: San Francisco, California
Cause of Death: Organic disease of the Heart
Age at time of Death: 63 years old
Burial Place: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California
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