William Howard Russell witnessed the final re-capture of Lucknow (1858). In 1861 Russell went to Washington, returning to England in 1863. In July 1865 he sailed on the "Great Eastern" to document the laying of the Atlantic Cable and wrote a book about the voyage with color illustrations by Robert Dudley. He published diaries of his time in India, the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War, where he describes the warm welcome given him by English-speaking Prussian generals such as Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal. Russell later accused fellow war correspondent Nicholas Woods of the "Morning Herald" of lying in his articles about
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