Stephen Elliott, Jr. (October 26, 1830 – February 21, 1866) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War.

[10] Elliott served in the Confederate States Army within South Carolina from the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 until the spring of 1864, advancing from captain to colonel.

[3] In order to participate in the bombardment of Fort Sumter, he attached himself to a different unit than his Beaufort Volunteer Artillery company.

[14] After finding two of his regiments mainly intact, Elliott led them forward, positioning them to defend against an assault and to counterattack.

[2] After several months recovering from his wounds, which in fact had not healed properly,[15] Elliott joined General Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee in North Carolina, where he led a brigade of former Charleston defenders and largely untested soldiers.

[15] The brigade's success did not last as they were broken and sent into retreat when they charged the strong Union main line, which was supported by artillery.

[17] At the point where the Confederate retreat halted, in the middle of an artillery barrage, Elliott tried to reform his brigade for another assault, despite receiving a piece of shrapnel in his leg.

[18] In the event, Confederate commanders saw that the brigade was too shaken to make another attack and they were ordered simply to kneel or lie down and hold their ground.

[3][22] After the Civil War, Elliott found that his plantation property had been seized for nonpayment of taxes and distributed to his former slaves.

[23] Thereafter, he returned to a home in Charleston and a former fishing hut at the seashore, began to make a living as a fisherman and was again elected to the South Carolina legislature.

[2][3][22] However, he was completely debilitated by his wounds and exposure and died before taking office on February 21, 1866,[2][5][24] at Aiken, South Carolina.