John A. Ellet [SEP] conflict
John A. Ellet
Lieutenant Colonel John A. Ellet (1838–1892) was an officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War. He was the Son of Johan Israel and Laura (Scarlett) Ellet, and nephew of Colonel Charles Ellet, Jr. and General Alfred W. Ellet.
He commanded the ironclad "USS Lancaster" until she sank in March 1863. He also commanded the Ram Fleet.
Namesakes.
USS "Ellet" (DD-398), which was in service in 1939-46, was named
in Lynchburg, Virginia. Her father was Virginia justice William Daniel and her mother was Margaret Baldwin. Her family was one of the First Families of Virginia and owned enslaved persons, although Ellet would not. Judge Daniel's father had served as an ensign during the Revolutionary war under Captain Arda Allen, and his wife's maternal grandfather Dr. Cornelius Baldwin had served as a surgeon for the patriot cause throughout the conflict. The Ellets' Virginia-born daughter, Mary V. Ellet Cabell, helped found the Daughters of the American Revolution