Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Na auai Elias i le vaegaʻau i le aso 18 o Iuni, 1861 e avea o se fitafita i le Vaega A, o le vaegaʻau a le 6th Ohio. I le aso 5 o Oketopa 1861, na siitia ai o ia i le tulaga o le Lutena Lua ma siitia atu ai i le Kamupani F, 75th Ohio Infantry. Na tofia ai loa o ia o le First Lieutenant o lenei kamupani i le aso 15 o Me, 1862 ma le Kapeteni o le kamupani lava lea e tasi i le aso 12 o Ianuari, 1863. Na auai o ia i ni taua se 20 e aofia ai: Phillipi, Laurel Hill, Carrick's Ford, Monterey, Shaw's Ridge, McDowell, Franklin, Strausburg, Cross Keys, Cedar Mountain, Freeman's Ford, Waterloo Bridge, Sulfur Springs, Second Bull Run,
Chantilly, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, ma Gettysburg. I le taua mulimuli, na manuʻa ai o ia i le aso 2 o Iulai, 1863, lea na manaʻomia ai ona ia faia ni taotoga faifai pea, o le taimi mulimuli na faia ai ia Iuni 1911.