By Elaine Grublin
The following excerpt is from the diary of Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch.
Monday, May 11th 1863
I must leave to history the public events of this agitating time; but I have sadly to record that my dear pupil and friend, Frank A. Eliot, was killed in the recent battle at Chancellorsville, near Fredericksburg, Va. He was captain of the Phila [Braves?], – about 35 years of age, – brother of Dawes and William G. Eliot. We hope that an honorable end of this awful strife is near.