Washington Lafayette Elliott was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He led a division of IV Corps at the Battle of Nashville in 1864. In 1866, he was awarded the honorary grade of brevet major general, U.S. Army.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, June 23, 1862. June 23, 1862. General ASBOTH, Rienzi, Miss. : You are informed by mail to-day that General Davis’ division was at Jacinto and…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, June 26, 1862. June 26, 1862. General ASBOTH : The general commanding directs that you send a regiment of infantry and battery of artillery on…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, June 29, 1862. June 29, 1862. General HAMILTON, Commanding, Ripley, Miss. : The general commanding directs me to say that Generals Sherman and Hurlbut continue…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, July 5, 1862. July 5, 1862. General ASBOTH, Rienzi: The general commanding directs that you hold your command in readiness for a move, with three…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, July 6, 1862. July 6, 1862. General GORDON GRANGER, GENERAL: The general commanding directs that you inform Colonel Sheridan of the subject of this dispatch*…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, July 19, 1862. July 19, 1862. General ASBOTH, Rienzi : The brigade of infantry and battery ordered from here to Rienzi has been ordered to…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, August 3, 1862. August 3, 1862. General MorGan, Tuscumbia: Mitchell’s brigade of Davis’ division has been ordered to relieve your troops from Iuka to Bear…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, August 6, 1862. August 6, 1862. Col. J. K. MIZNER, Tuscumbia : Your orders to cover the railroad line indicated points of station as recommended…