Elisha Marshall
{{Short description|Brigadier general of the Union Army}}
{{Infobox military person
| name = Elisha Marshall
| image = ElishaMarshall.jpg
| birth_name = Elisha Gaylord Marshall
| birth_date = {{birth date|1829|01|26}}
| birth_place = Seneca Falls, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1883|01|26|1829|01|26}}
| death_place = Canandaigua, New York, U.S.
| placeofburial = Mount Hope Cemetery
| placeofburial_label =
| placeofburial_coordinates =
| allegiance = {{flag|USA|1861}}
| branch = Union Army
| rank = Brigadier general
| commands = 13th New York Volunteer Infantry
| battles = American Civil War
}}
Elisha Gaylord Marshall (January 26, 1829 -– August 3, 1883) was a brevet brigadier general of the Union Army in the American Civil War.
Life and career
Born in Seneca Falls, New York on January 26, 1829, Marshall graduated from West Point in 1850.John F. Schmutz, [https://books.google.com/books?id=AAkhQABTIAoC&pg=PA139 The Battle of the Crater: A Complete History], 2009, page 139George Ward Kemp, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZG9ZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA311 Andrew Warde and his Descendants, 1597-1910], 1910, page 311 He served in the Utah War as a first lieutenant. He also fought in the Battle of the Colorado River in 1859 during the Mohave War in Arizona.Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown, [https://books.google.com/books?id=U-0UAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1877 The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans], 1904, pages 1877 to 1878
He was promoted to captain in May 1861, and became a colonel of volunteers in April 1862. He was seriously wounded while leading the 13th New York Volunteer Infantry in the Battle of Fredericksburg, and did not return to active duty until early 1864. He was captured in the Battle of the Crater, and was held as a prisoner of war until April 1865.Kevin M. Levin, [https://books.google.com/books?id=BuNeuOk1PvAC&pg=PA15 Remembering the Battle of the Crater: War As Murder], 2012, page 15John Cannan, [https://books.google.com/books?id=63b8kP9FT-gC&pg=PA149 Crater: Burnside's Assault on the Confederate Trenches July 30, 1864], 2002, page 149
Marshall received brevet promotions to brigadier general of volunteers in December 1862, to recognize his service at Fredericksburg, and of the regular army in March 1865 to recognize his service throughout the war.Francis Bernard Heitman, [https://books.google.com/books?id=6RLMX6OOgsAC&pg=PA690 Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army], Volume 1, 1903, page 690George Washington Cullum, Edward Singleton Holden, [https://books.google.com/books?id=doneAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA426 Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point], Volume II, 1891, pages 426 to 427
Following the war, he was reduced in rank to major, and served in the Army until retiring with the permanent rank of colonel in September 1867.Eveline Martin Alexander, Sandra L. Myres, [https://books.google.com/books?id=2k5RiDgQ-IAC&pg=PA131 Cavalry Wife: The Diary of Eveline M. Alexander, 1866-1867], 1988, page 131
His first wife was Hannah Viola Ericsson (1844–1873). They had two children, Nora (1861–1865) and Aaron (1872–1873). In 1875 Marshall married Janet Rutherford. They later separated, and Mrs. Marshall lived at Marshall Hill, a fourteen-room mansion the Marshalls built on a red shale hill near the Lehigh River and Blue Mountain in Palmerton, Pennsylvania.Matt Michael, Lehigh Valley Morning Call, [https://www.mcall.com/1987/08/23/haunted-house-near-palmerton-goes-from-eerie-to-cheery/ Haunted House' Near Palmerton Goes From Eerie To Cheery], August 23, 1987{{Cite news |last=Whelan |first=Frank |date=2005-12-28 |title=The house on the hill belonged to General Elisha G Marshall and Janet. Ties to Rutherford hall? |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-the-house-on-the-hill-b/21442590/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |work=Allentown Morning Call |page=B4 |via=Newspapers.com}} Janet Rutherford Marshall died in 1911, and her estate was appraised at more than one million dollars, equivalent to about $24 million in 2013.New York Times, [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/11/30/100561178.pdf Mrs. E. . Marshall's Estate], November 30, 1912
He died Canandaigua, New York on January 26, 1883.,New York Times, [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1883/08/04/103440913.pdf Obituary, Elisha G. Marshall], August 4, 1883 and was buried with his first wife in Rochester's Mount Hope Cemetery.Thomas William Herringshaw, [https://books.google.com/books?id=98PTAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA44 Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography], Volume IV, 1914, page 44Richard O. Reisem, [https://books.google.com/books?id=kxMLN0Z2PTsC&pg=PA15 Mount Hope, Rochester, New York: America's First Municipal Victorian Cemetery], 1995, page 15
In June 2000 Marshall's grave was broken into, his skull was stolen, and his remains were scattered around his grave. The perpetrators were not caught, and Marshall's remains, minus the skull, were reinterred.Katherine Ramsland, [https://books.google.com/books?id=E-obEGxuiEsC&pg=PA189 Cemetery Stories], 2011, page 189Shirley Cox Husted, Ruth Rosenberg-Naparsteck, [https://books.google.com/books?id=kAjIfs1qfwMC&pg=PA96 Rochester Neighborhoods], 2000, page 96Associated Press, Pomeroy, Ohio Times-Sentinel, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sPFDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-a8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3362,5703048&dq=general+elisha+marshall+rochester&hl=en General's Skull Taken From Grave], June 18, 2000
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080516082813/http://bivouacbooks.com/bbv5i3s5.htm Gen. Elisha G. Marshall - Bivouac Books.com]
- [https://archive.today/20130223151908/http://aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=251 Colonel Elisha Gaylord Marshall - Antietam on the Web]
- {{Find a Grave|2889}}
- [http://www.palmertonhistorical.org/ Gap Historical & Preservation Society & Museum, Palmerton]
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Category:People from Seneca Falls, New York
Category:United States Military Academy alumni