retreat when they charged the strong Union main line, which was supported by artillery. At the point where the Confederate retreat halted, in the middle of an artillery barrage, Elliott tried to reform his brigade for another assault, despite receiving a piece of shrapnel in his leg. In the event, Confederate commanders saw that the brigade was too shaken to make another attack and they were ordered simply to kneel or lie down and hold their ground. Elliott had again received another serious wound. His brigade surrendered with Johnston's army at Bennett Place near Durham Station, North Carolina. Elliott had been sent home to convalesce from his latest wound before Johnston's surrender. Although the Eichers found no record of his parole or pardon, in his 1866 eulogy, Trescot noted that he had received a special Executive pardon at the request of Union General Quincy Gillmore, commanding at Hilton Head Island near Elliott's hut. Aftermath After the Civil War, Elliott found that his plantation property had been seized for nonpayment of taxes and distributed to his former slaves. They treated him well upon his return but it made it clear that the land no longer belonged to him. Thereafter, he returned to a home in Charleston and a former fishing hut at the seashore, began to make a living as a fisherman and was again elected to the South Carolina legislature. However, he was completely debilitated by his wounds and exposure and died before taking office on February 21, 1866, at Aiken, South Carolina. He was buried in St. Helena's Episcopal Churchyard at Beaufort, South Carolina. See also List of American Civil War generals (Confederate) Notes References Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: McKay, 1988. . First published New York, McKay, 1959. Bradley, Mark L. Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville. Campbell, CA: Savas Publishing Co., 1995. p. 33. . Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. . Faust, Patricia L. "Elliott, Stephen, Jr." in Historical Times Illustrated History of the Civil War, edited by Patricia L. Faust. New York: Harper & Row, 1986. . p. 112. Freeman, Douglas S. Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command. Volume 3, p. 777. New York: Scribner, 1944. . The Land We Love: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Literature, Military History and Agriculture. Volume 4. Charlotte, NC: Hill,