Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ellis ya ba da kansa don aiki kuma an tattara shi a cikin 15th Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Division of the Army of the Tennessee, a Freeport, Illinois. Rundunar ta 15 ta yi aiki a Fort Donelson kusa da Clarksville, Tennessee, kafin aiki a lokacin yakin Shiloh
Ka yi haƙuri. A ranar 6 ga Afrilu, 1862, yayin da yake cikin Gidan Hornet, bayan da aka ba shi mukamin mukaddashin colonel, Ellis ya sha wahala sau da yawa ta hanyar wuta ta abokan gaba, amma ya ci gaba da jagorantar sojojinsa har sai wani harsashi ya buge shi. Bayan yakin, an dawo da jikinsa daga fagen fama kuma an tura gawar sa zuwa Rockford don binnewa. Bayan wani babban jana'iza, aka binne Ellis a cikin gidan da ya saya 'yan shekaru da suka wuce bayan mutuwar ɗaya daga cikin' ya'yansa mata.