Years of service 1862 - 1865 Rank Second lieutenant | Awards Medal of Honor Name Russell Elliott | |
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Buried at Woodlawn Cemetery and Crematory, Everett, Massachusetts Allegiance United States of America Died October 23, 1898, Everett, Massachusetts, United States Place of burial Everett, Massachusetts, United States | ||
Service/branch United States Army | ||
Russell C. Elliott (1842–October 23, 1898) was a Union soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Elliott received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action at Natchitoches, Louisiana, on 19 April 1864. He was honored with the award on 20 November 1896.
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Biography
Elliott was born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1842. He joined the Army from Boston in August 1862. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in December 1864, and mustered out with his regiment in September 1865. Elliott died on 23 October 1898, and his remains are interred at Woodlawn Cemetery and Crematory in Everett, Massachusetts.
Medal of Honor citation
Seeing a Confederate officer in advance of his command, charged on him alone and unaided and captured him.