joined and served as a Private in Co. E, 16th Regiment of the Louisiana Infantry. Elijah enlisted in Alexandria Louisiana, on 25 April 1862, and the last record was on 31 October 1862 when he was listed as sick in the hospital. Caroline Bunch related years later that her only brother contacted measles during the war and died. His burial is unknown.
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