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Service Profile
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Service Era
- American Civil War, Battle of Cross Keys, Battle of Cedar Mountain, Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, Second Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Chantilly, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg, Burnside's Mud March, Chancellorsville Campaign, Stoneman's 1863 Raid, Battle of Aldie, Gettysburg campaign, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Campaign, Mine Run Campaign, Battle of Todd's Tavern, Overland Campaign, Battle of Yellow Tavern, Battle of Haw's Shop, Battle of Totopotomoy Creek, Battle of Cold Harbor, Battle of Trevilian Station, Battle of Poplar Springs Church, Battle of Hatcher's Run, Battle of Dinwiddie Court House, Appomattox Campaign, Battle of Five Forks, Battle of Paine's Cross Roads, Battle of Appomattox Court House
- Medals Recorded
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Alexander Calvin Elliott
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Support & adopt this hero ↓American Civil WarBattle of Cross KeysBattle of Cedar MountainBattle of Thoroughfare GapSecond Battle of Bull RunBattle of ChantillyBattle of AntietamBattle of FredericksburgBurnside's Mud MarchChancellorsville CampaignStoneman's 1863 RaidBattle of AldieGettysburg campaignBattle of GettysburgBattle of Culpeper Court HouseBristoe CampaignMine Run CampaignBattle of Todd's TavernOverland CampaignBattle of Yellow TavernBattle of Haw's ShopBattle of Totopotomoy CreekBattle of Cold HarborBattle of Trevilian StationBattle of Poplar Springs ChurchBattle of Hatcher's RunBattle of Dinwiddie Court HouseAppomattox CampaignBattle of Five ForksBattle of Paine's Cross RoadsBattle of Appomattox Court House
Awards & Decorations
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Biography
Alexander Calvin Elliott was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in 1831. He entered the Union Army in August 1861 and served in the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry. The published Company I roster lists him as Alexander C. Elliott and records that he was wounded in June 1864. By the closing campaign of the war he was a sergeant in Company A.
On April 5, 1865, at Paine's Crossroads, Virginia, Elliott captured a Confederate flag. His official Medal of Honor citation is brief: ‘Capture of flag.’ The award was issued on May 3, 1865. The Company I roster records his muster-out as a sergeant of Company A on June 20, 1865, a date also given in an 1889 account of his service.
After the war, Elliott remained involved with fellow veterans. Hardesty's 1889 Military History of Ohio includes him among the veterans of Mahoning County and identifies him as a member and former adjutant of Hawkins Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. Further details of his civilian occupation and family require verification.
Elliott died on February 9, 1905, at Emsworth, Pennsylvania, according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. He was buried in Highwood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, in section 5, lot 229.
Sources: Congressional Medal of Honor Society (https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/alexander-elliott); PA-Roots, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company I roster (https://www.pa-roots.com/pacw/cavalry/1stcav/1stcavcoi.html); H. H. Hardesty, The Military History of Ohio (1889), p. 297, transcription (https://ohiogenealogyexpress.com/mahoning/rollhonor/ohio_military_mahoningco_rollhonor_ef.html).
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