Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tono a Ellis mo te mahi, a, i whakauruhia ki te 15th Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Division o te Army of the Tennessee, i Freeport, Illinois. I kite te 15th Regiment i te mahi i Fort Donelson tata ki Clarksville, Tennessee, i mua i te mahi i te wa o te
Te Pakanga o Hiroa. I te Paenga-whāwhā 6, 1862, i a ia i roto i te Hornet's Nest, i te mea kua whakatairangahia ki te taumata o te kaikorero o te kaikorero, i patua a Ellis i nga wa maha e te ahi a te hoariri, engari i haere tonu ia ki te arahi i ana hoia tae noa ki te whiu kino i a ia. Whai muri i te pakanga, i tangohia tana tinana mai i te pakanga ka tukuna ona toenga ki Rockford hei tanu. I muri i tētahi mahi tangihanga nui, ka tanumia a Ellis ki te papa o te whānau i hokona e ia i te mate o tētahi o ana tamahine i ētahi tau noa iho i mua.