<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - u-Ellis wavolontiya ukwenza umsebenzi futhi waqoqwa eButhweni le-15th, iBrigade 2nd, iDivision 4th yeButho LaseTennessee, eFreeport, e-Illinois. I-15th Regiment ibone isenzo eFort Donelson eduze neClarksville, eTennessee, ngaphambi kokusebenza ngesikhathi seMpi yaseShiloh  <response>: . futhi. Ngo-April 6, 1862, ngesikhathi ese-Hornets Nest, esenyuselwe esigabeni sokuba yiphoyisa, u-Ellis washaywa kaningi isitha, kodwa waqhubeka eqondisa amabutho akhe waze washaywa inhlamvu eyambulala. Ngemva kwempi, isidumbu sakhe satholakala enkundleni yempi futhi izinsalela zakhe zathunyelwa eRockford ukuze zingcwatshwe. Ngemva kwenkonzo yomngcwabo eyinkimbinkimbi, u-Ellis wangcwatshwa esiqeshini somkhaya ayesithenge eminyakeni embalwa nje ngaphambili ngemva kokufa kwenye yamadodakazi akhe. 