Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakaurua a Elias i te 18 o Hune 1861 hei Pirihimana i roto i te Kamupene A, 6th 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 era ko: 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, 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.