Stephen Elliott, Jr.

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Stephen Elliott, Jr. (born October 26, 1830 or 1832 in Beaufort , South Carolina , † February 21 or March 21, 1866 in Aiken , South Carolina) was a Confederate Brigadier General in the Civil War .

Life

Elliott came from a well-known public family. His grandfather was the botanist Stephen Elliott , his father Stephen Elliott was Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America , as was his younger brother Robert WB Elliott . Elliott's great-uncle William Elliott was a patriot of the Revolutionary War , during whose son the writer William Elliott was.

At the beginning of the Civil War , he joined the Confederate States Army and equipped a battery of light artillery , the so-called Beaufort Artillery . In August 1862, he commanded three batteries in Castle Pinckney , a coastal fortification protecting the port of Charleston, South Carolina , and was promoted for his bravery . Shortly thereafter he was appointed in command of Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay, where he was exposed to the long bombardment by Major General Quincy Adams Gilmore . During the siege of Petersburg in July 1864 he was wounded in a mine explosion and was unfit for duty until the end of the war. He was last promoted to Brigadier General on May 24, 1864.

After the war he took the oath to the Constitution of the United States and a candidate representing the Republican Party for the US House of Representatives , but was defeated by former governor of South Carolina , William Aiken . A little later he died of the consequences of his war injury.

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SURNAME Elliott, Stephen, Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION General of the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1830 or 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Beaufort , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1866
Place of death Aiken , South Carolina