Brig.-Gen. Washington L. Elliott, U. S. A. and Valeria Biddle Blaney

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Husband Brig.-Gen. Washington L. Elliott, U. S. A. ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 31 Mar 1825 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 1 3
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         Father: Com. Jesse Duncan Elliott, U.S.N. (1782-1845) 4 5
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       Marriage: 20 Aug 1856 2

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• Biographical Sketch: Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876).
To read a brief biographical sketch of his life and career, click here.

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Wife Valeria Biddle Blaney ²

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         Father: Maj. George Blaney, U.S.A. (      -1835) 6
         Mother: Mary Elizabeth Dagworthy Biddle (1805-1879) 2

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1 F Katharine Blaney Elliott ²

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2 F Frances Vaughn Elliott ²

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3 M George Blaney Elliott ²

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4 F Mary Biddle Elliott ²

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         Spouse: Herbert George Ponting (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 5 Jun 1895 2

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General Notes: Husband - Brig.-Gen. Washington L. Elliott, U. S. A.

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He was born at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, spent three years at Dickinson College, graduated at West Point (1844), was commissioned Second Lieut. of a mounted rifle regiment in 1846, served in the Mexican war and on the frontiers, where he become successively First Lieutenant (1847) and Captain (1854), and until 1860 was engaged in the service among the Indians. At the commencement of the Civil War he was employed under General Lyon in Missouri, was in the battles at Springfield and Wilson's creek, was commissioned (Sept., 1861) a Colonel in the Iowa volunteer cavalry, and (1862) a Major in the First U. S. Cavalry, and commanded a brigade of cavalry in the army of the Tennessee at the capture of New Madrid, Island No. 10, the siege of Corinth and the raid on the Mississippi & Ohio Railroad. In June, 1862, he was promoted to be a Brigadier General of U. S. Volunteers, was chief of cavalry in the Army of Virginia, and was wounded at the second battle of Bull Run. For six months after September, 1862, he was in command of the department of the Northwest, but in July, 1863, he was assigned to the command of a division of cavalry in the army of the Potomac, and in October to the cominand of another division in the army of the Cumberland, reenforcing General Burnside in East Tennessee. Here he was engaged in the action of Mossy creek, became chief of cavalry in the army of the Cumberland, and was employed in the Atlanta campaign and in the pursuit of General Hood. In the latter part of 1864, and in the first half of 1865 he commanded a division in the Fourth Army Corps, and participated in the battles around Nashville, and was brevetted for his gallant and meritorious services a Brigadier and soon after a Major General in the regular army. Later he was in command of different military Districts, saw much hard service from which he seldom sought any furlough, and went through all gradations of rank until a promotion to be a Colonel in the Third U. S. Cavalry.

1 Conway P. Wing, D.D., History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with Illustrations (Philadelphia, PA: James D. Scott, 1879), Pg 140.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 11.

3 Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 408.

4 Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 219.

5 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 38.

6 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 11, 68.