 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Elias akanyoresa pana June 18, 1861 somushandi muKambani A, 6th Ohio Infantry. Musi waOctober 5, 1861, akasimudzirwa kuva Second Lieutenant ndokuendeswa kuCompany F, 75th Ohio Infantry. Iye akabva atumwa First Lieutenant wekambani iyi musi waMay 15, 1862 uye Captain weimwecheteyo musi waJanuary 12, 1863. Akatora rutivi mukubatana makumi maviri, pakati pawo paive zvinotevera: Phillipi, Laurel Hill, Carricks Ford, Monterey, Shaws Ridge, McDowell, Franklin, Strausburg, Cross Keys, Cedar Mountain, Freemans Ford, Waterloo Bridge, Sulfur Springs, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, uye Gettysburg. Muhondo yokupedzisira, akakuvadzwa zvine ngozi, July 2, 1863, izvo zvakaita kuti zvive zvakafanira kuti aite kuvhiyiwa kwakadzokororwa, kwokupedzisira kwakaitika muna June 1911. 