Ellis graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond on March 1, 1861with an M.D. He enlisted on July 9, 1861 as a 2nd lieutenant in Co. C of the 56th VA Infantry. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant on May 3, 1862. Ellis was killed during Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863.
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