Mr. D.E. Elmore was born near Senoia on Jan. 13, 1838 where he was reared and lived until he moved with his wife to Newnan about 1902. He was the father of two daughters, Mr. Elmore Mustered in June 11, 1861 and was a brave and fearless Confederate soldier, being a member of Co. D. 19th Ga. Rgt. He was twice wounded, once at Chancellorsvilleville on May3, 1863 in the head from which he was unconscious for thirteen days, being left on the battlefield for dead, but was later picked up by his brother J.C. Elmore and nursed back to health. When well enough he went back to the duties of soldier and served until the battle of Ocean Pond, Fla., where he lost one of his legs, thus closing his career as a soldier. The people honored him many times and he always discharged his duties faithfully and well.
The Muster Roll for Co.D does not show any one with the intials J.C. mustering in nor does the cencus from 1860 show Daniel as having a brother with the initials J.C.but having a brother named Giles after their father.
Company D was called the Senoia infantry and shipped directly north to Lynchburg VA then after suffering a measles epidemic they were tranfered to Manassas until March of 1862 when the went to Yorktown which was followed up with many battles including: Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Frazier's Farm, and Malvern Hill.
In August, the regiment lost heavily at Cedar Mountain and Second Manassas, and the following month at Antietam it suffered casualties of more than 50 percent. At Fredericksburg, in December 1862, the Nineteenth lost nearly 200 additional men. The unit was transferred in early 1863 from Archer's to Colquitt's Brigade joining the other Georgia regiments in the latter unit. After Chancellorsville the Nineteenth went with the rest of the Brigade to North Carolina and then to Charleston.
In February 1864, the Nineteenth, now commanded by Colonel John H. Neal, was sent to defend Florida against the anticipated Union expedition. At Olustee, 96 more Georgians fell (6 killed and 88 wounded ). The regiment claimed to have "captured three (Union) guns and cassions early in the battle."
By May 1864, the well-travelled regiment found itself back in Virginia, fighting at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor, before defending Petersburg during the rest of 1864-1865. The Nineteenth was ordered to North Carolina near the close of the war, where it surrendered.