ELLIOT, Washington Lafayette

Affiliation:  Union

Born: March 31 1825, Carlisle PA

Died: June 29 1888, San Francisco CA

Pre-War Profession: Attended West Point 1841-44, left to study medicine, 1846 commissioned into US Army, Mexican war, frontier duty

War Service: August 1861 Capt. in 3rd US Cavalry, Wilson's Creek, September 1861 Col. of 2nd Iowa Cavalry, New Madrid, Island No 10, siege of Corinth, June 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, chief of cavalry at Second Bull Run (w), commanded cavalry division of the Army of the Cumberland, Atlanta campaign, commanded 2nd Divn/IV Corps at Nashville, commanded Dist. of Kansas.

Post War: Army service in the cavalry, retired 1879, banker