When the Civil War broke out, Elija H. Cavins recruited a company in Bloomfield, Indiana. As the most prominent citizen in town, Cavins became captain of what would become 14th Indiana, Co. D, Owen's company.
The son of Judge Samuel Cavins, Elijah (who went by his initials, E. H. C.) was a Green County attorney. Cavins and his wife had two children when he went to war.
Captain Cavins distinguished himself as a capable leader. By the end of the war, he earned the rank of major.
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