Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakauruhia a Elias i te 18 o Pipiri, 1861 hei Pirihimana i te Kamupene A, 6 o Ohio Infantry. I te Oketopa 5, 1861, i whakatairangahia ia ki te Tuarua o te Tuarua me te whakawhiti ki te Kamupene F, 75th Ohio Infantry. I whakawhiwhia ia ki a ia hei Kaihauturu Tuatahi o tenei kamupene i te Mei 15, 1862 me te Kapene o taua mea i te Hanuere 12, 1863. I uru ia ki nga mahi 20, i roto i enei e whai ake nei: Phillipi, Laurel Hill, Carrick's Ford, Monterey, Shaw's Ridge, McDowell, Franklin, Strausburg, Cross Keys, Cedar Mountain, Freeman's Ford, Waterloo Bridge, Sulfur Springs, Tuarua Bull Run,
Ko Chantilly, ko Chancellorsville, ko Fredericksburg, ko Gettysburg. I te pakanga whakamutunga, i whara kino ia, i te Hōngongoi 2, 1863, i tika ai kia tukuna ia ki nga mahi pokanga, ko te whakamutunga i puta i te Pipiri 1911.