The son of William Alexander Eliason and Mary Landon Carter Eliason. When William Eliason died, Talcott moved with his mother to Alexandria, Virginia. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1847 and soon established a practice in Upperville, Virginia. He and Sallie Chinn were married in Middleburg in 1848. Sallie passed away in 1858, the result of the childbirth labor of twin boys. Neither boy survived either. In 1860 Eliason was still in Upperville with two daughters and his mother. One of his daughters was blind. In 1861 Talcott Eliason began his service with the Confederacy. He was at the Battle of Manassas and became attached to the First Virginia Cavalry. In a report, General Lee stated that the doctor was as conspicuous with his pistol in making wounds as he was in the healing of them afterward. His ability as a trooper and field officer had him placed on the staff of General Jeb Stuart. He followed Stuart in his adventurous raids of 1862. On 1 June 1863 he was made Chief Surgeon of the Cavalry. After he rode through the Gettysburg Campaign his health failed and Stuart replaced him with John Fontaine. Eliason's health continued to deteriorate and he was sent to a hospital in Richmond. As he recovered, he assumed medical duties in the capital city. Reassigned to Charleston, South Carolina, he resigned in July of 1864. He returned to Fauquier County and his practice of medicine there. In the 1870s he moved to Hancock, Maryland, and practiced in that town. He remarried and had more children. In 1896 he said he was as "hearty as a buck" at age seventy. He died unexpectedly and was interred at Presbyterian Cemetery according to historian Robert J. Trout.
The son of William Alexander Eliason and Mary Landon Carter Eliason. When William Eliason died, Talcott moved with his mother to Alexandria, Virginia. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1847 and soon established a practice in Upperville, Virginia. He and Sallie Chinn were married in Middleburg in 1848. Sallie passed away in 1858, the result of the childbirth labor of twin boys. Neither boy survived either. In 1860 Eliason was still in Upperville with two daughters and his mother. One of his daughters was blind. In 1861 Talcott Eliason began his service with the Confederacy. He was at the Battle of Manassas and became attached to the First Virginia Cavalry. In a report, General Lee stated that the doctor was as conspicuous with his pistol in making wounds as he was in the healing of them afterward. His ability as a trooper and field officer had him placed on the staff of General Jeb Stuart. He followed Stuart in his adventurous raids of 1862. On 1 June 1863 he was made Chief Surgeon of the Cavalry. After he rode through the Gettysburg Campaign his health failed and Stuart replaced him with John Fontaine. Eliason's health continued to deteriorate and he was sent to a hospital in Richmond. As he recovered, he assumed medical duties in the capital city. Reassigned to Charleston, South Carolina, he resigned in July of 1864. He returned to Fauquier County and his practice of medicine there. In the 1870s he moved to Hancock, Maryland, and practiced in that town. He remarried and had more children. In 1896 he said he was as "hearty as a buck" at age seventy. He died unexpectedly and was interred at Presbyterian Cemetery according to historian Robert J. Trout.
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