dhamaystir weedha soo socota: Elias waxa uu ku biiray ciidanka 18-kii Juun, 1861-kii isagoo ahaa askari khaas ah oo ka tirsanaa kooxda A, qeybta 6-aad ee Ohio. Bishii Oktoobar 5, 1861, waxaa loo dalacsiiyay Lieutenant labaad waxaana loo wareejiyay Shirkadda F, 75th Ohio Infantry. Kadib waxaa loo magacaabay Taliyaha koowaad ee shirkadan May 15, 1862 iyo Kabtanka isla Janaayo 12, 1863. Wuxuu ka qeyb qaatay 20 hawlgal, oo ay ka mid ahaayeen kuwa soo socda: 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,
Magaalooyinka Chantilly, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, iyo Gettysburg Dagaalkii ugu dambeeyay, waxaa si halis ah loogu dhaawacay, July 2, 1863, taas oo ku kaliftay inuu u gudbiyo qalliinno isdaba joog ah, kii ugu dambeeyay wuxuu dhacay Juun 1911.