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- Elisha enlisted in the Union Army in Co. E, 57th Indiana Infantry, 6 Nov 1861, and fought in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, Shiloh, Corinth, Atlanta and Franklin. He was taken prisoner at Franklin, 30 Nov 1864 but excaped and "came into the Union lines 5 Jan 1865". He was mustered out 28 Jan 1865 having held the ranks of Sgt and 1st. Sgt.
Elisha was appointed Postmaster of Economy, IN in 1872. He was a druggist who owned his own store until about 1 Feb 1895, at which time he suffered a stroke of paralysis which left him unable to work. He applied for and received an "invalid Pension", 7 Aug 1877 in the amount of $12 per month paid quarterly. In a physician's affidavit, dated 29 May 1900, for Belle Olvey, as Elisha's widow, to receive the monthly pension, it was stated as follows:
"He was treated more or less each year since his return from the army in 1865 for disease of the rectum (bleeding piles), asthma and paralysis; that the attacks gradually became more violent each year, until 1895 when, during a severe attack of asthema (sic), he was stricken with paralysis of the right side, which rendered him unconscious for several days. He partially recovered from this attack but his mind was somewhat clouded and he was in a helpless condition until the time o fhis death. About May 12 or 13, he had another stroke of paraylysis which rendered him entirely unconscious in which condition he remained until his death, which occured May 16, 1900, caused from this last stroke of paralysis."
Elisha was described as being 5' 11", light complexion, light hair and blue eyes.
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