William Howard Russell 1850. Initially sent by editor John Delane to Malta to cover British support for the Ottoman Empire against Russia in 1854, Russell despised the term "war correspondent" but his coverage of the conflict brought him international renown, and Florence Nightingale later credited her entry into wartime nursing to his reports. The Crimean medical care, shelter and protection of all ranks by Mary Seacole was also publicised by Russell and by other contemporary journalists, rescuing her from bankruptcy. Russell was described by one of the soldiers on the frontlines thus: "a vulgar low Irishman, [who] sings a good song, drinks anyone's
Howard Russell Hickok Springs, Arkansas, and then at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He died on July 7, 1926. While dying at his permanent rank of colonel, Congress restored his brigadier general rank on June 1930. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Hickok married Anna Elizabeth Whitbread, who was from Syracuse, New York. Howard Russell Hickok Howard Russell Hickok (November 26, 1870 – July 7, 1926) was a United States Army officer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He served in World War I, among other conflicts. Hickok was born on November 26, 1870, in Florida, Missouri. He graduated from