BRIG. GEN. ALFRED WASHINGTON ELLET WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones
Year Dedicated: 1979
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: WILLIAM FISCHER JR.
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
BRIG. GEN.-U.S. VOLUNTEERS
COMMANDER (MISSISSIPPI) MARINE BRIGADE
CAPT. 59TH ILL INF AUG 20, 1861
LIEUT. COL. U.S. VOLUNTEERS APR 28 1862
BRIG. GEN. NOV 1, 1862
HE OPPOSED SLAVERY AND HAD THE KEENEST SENSE OF JUSTICE AND RIGHT. HE WAS A LOVER OF HIS HOME AND FAMILY AND A TRUE PATRIOT OF HIS COUNTRY.
ON NOV 1, 1937 THE U.S.S. ELLET DESTROYER DD-398 WAS LAUNCHED BY THE U.S. NAVY COMMEMORATING SIX ELLET FAMILY MEMBERS WHO DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY IN THE CIVIL WAR.
BRIG. GEN. ALFRED WASHINGTON ELLET
LIEUT. EDWARD CARPENTER ELLET
COL. CHARLES ELLET, JR.
COL. CHARLES RIVERS ELLET
COL. JOHN ELLET
COL. DICK ELLET
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