OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - James M. Elision Medal of Honor Winner
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ELISION, JAMES M.

Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, lowa Infantry. 
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. 
Entered service at: Shells burg, lowa. 
Birth: Coshocton, Ohio. 
Date of issue: 12 September 1891. 
Citation: Carried the colors in advance of his regiment
and was shot down while attempting to plant them on the enemy's works.