Nelson A. Eller ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

   Other names for Nelson were Nelson A Eller,¹⁰ Nelson A Eller ⁹ and Nelson A Eller.¹¹

  General Notes:

4TH NORTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
A Condensed History of the Regiments in North Carolina
Organized at Camp Hill, near Garysburg, N.C. in May 1861 with ColonelGeorge Burgwyn Anderson commanding, mustered into Confederate servicein that same month. The 10 companies comprising the regiment came fromthe following respective counties: A -- Iredell, B -- Rowan, C -- Iredell, D -- Wayne, E -- Beaufort, F -- Wilson, G -- Davie, H -- Iredell, I -- Beaufort, and K -- Rowan. The total first enlistment in the regiment comprised 1,376 men.On the 29th of July, 1861 the regiment wasassigned duty at Manassas Junction. Disease played havoc with the troops, but after months of drilling together the regiment emerged a firmfighting body. In March of 1862 first contacts were made with enemy whenthey were sent to Yorktown, Virginia.
Battles
Williamsburg
Seven Pines (Fair Oaks)
Mechanicsville
Cold Harbor
South Mountain
Sharpsburg (Antietam)
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Brandy Station
Gettysburg
Spottsylvania Courthouse
Snicker’s Gap
Winchester
Cedar Creek
Petersburg
Appomattox
Highlights of Battles
Seven Pines
Every one of 25 officers was killed, wounded or disabled. John A. Stikeleather of Co. A asked to carry the flag and remained color bearer until the end of the war.
Cold Harbor
Major Bryan Grimes was promoted to Colonel of the regiment. Unit missed the slaughter at Malvern Hill by being assigned to the burial detail that day.
South Mountain
Under overall command of General Daniel H. Hill, the North Carolina troops held over ten times their number of enemy troops in check with but few casualties among themselves. One of those casualties was General Garland.
Sharpsburg (Antietam)
The 4th regiment together with 2nd, 14th and 30th regiments repulsed charge after charge of union troops in a defensive line drawn up in a road that would forever after be called "Bloody Lane". Once the road was flanked, the 4th withdrew to a secondary position and held for the remainder of the day. During this engagement, General Anderson, the original regimental commander, was killed. The author of the unit history, Col. E. A. Osborne, was wounded and captured at Shepherdstown but later exchanged after the battle of Fredericksburg.
Chancellorsville
Another Confederate unit refused to charge enemy breastworks to theirfront and, instead, lay behind cover. The 4th charged over this unit and captured the works, holding them against several counter attacks. General Ramseur commanded and he and the brigade were commended in writing by the wounded General "Stonewall" Jackson.
The next day, the 4th made a ferocious assault upon the enemy’s strongpoint in view of Generals Stuart and Rodes and once again were victorious in carrying the field.
Gettysburg
Accompanying the 2nd N.C. regiment, the 4th regiment were the first troops to enter the town of Gettysburg on July 1st. During Lee’s retreat from Gettysburg, the 4th held the honored position of rearguard during the entire movement.
Spottsylvania
The 4th was engaged every day of the conflict and occupied a positionjust to the left of the "Bloody Angle." Here they fought the enemy toastandstill in the rain from 5:30 in the morning to 2:00 the next morning.
Monocacy
General Lew Wallace’s forces were driven by the 4th from Frederick toWashington. After threatening Ft. Stevens, the 4th retired south.
Retreat to Appomattox
After clearing the road to Lynchburg, General Grimes was ordered by General Gordon to retire. Confused over the order, Gen. Grimes refused to leave. He held the men in place, defying orders, until General Lee himself ordered the withdrawal. During this movement, the enemy tried to overwhelm the brigade. Yet, the brigade faced about and poured a deadly volley into the enemy thus driving them off. It was the last volley fired at Appomattox and the last ever fired by the Army of NorthernVirginia.
Notable Incidents of the 4th North Carolina
Lieutenant Colonel John A. Young was forced to leave the regiment dueto an incurable skin disease, and being a clothing manufacturer, he went almost bankrupt making uniforms for the army. At one time he supplied every member of the 4th with a uniform and cap at his own expense.
Colonel Wood was directed to lead his column with the regimental bandplaying a funeral march as they passed the grave of "Stonewall" Jackson on June 21, 1864.
Colonel E. A. Osborne, writer of the unit history, while wounded at Seven Pines, disarmed a yankee soldier and ordered the enemy to carry himself behind the lines.
General Bryan Grimes led the regiment on the 9th of April, 1865 up tothe very hour of the surrender and even after. His troops (4th and 14th) were they last engaged with the enemy in the war. At the surrender,the 4th was on the right of the brigade and the first to stack arms. At the conclusion, Grimes called the men to attention and had them file past in order that he might shake hands with them. He shook theirhands as tears streamed down his face and said, "Go home boys and actlike men, as you have always done during the war."

4TH NORTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Military, Between 1861 and 1865, Civil War Service.

• Occupation: According to 1860 Cencus, Nelson \u201cEllar,\u201d age 19, was a far, 1860, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina.

• Residence, 1850, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA. ²

• Residence, 1860, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina. ⁷

• Residence, 1910, Decatur Ward 7, Macon, Illinois. ⁵

• Residence, 1920, Bingham, Fayette, Illinois, USA. ⁴

• Residence, 1900, Hurricane, Fayette, Illinois, USA. ³

• Residence, 1910, Decatur Ward 7, Macon, Illinois. ⁹

• Residence, 1920, Bingham, Fayette, Illinois. ¹⁰

• Residence, 1930, South Hurricane, Fayette, Illinois. ¹¹

Nelson married Nancy Caroline McClain. (Nancy Caroline McClain was born about 1847 in Ramsey, Fayette, Illinois, USA ³.)