Elijah Borland from Burlingame, Kansas, enlisted in Company I, 11th Kansas Infantry in September 1862; the regiment was reorganized in April 1863 as the 11th Kansas Cavalry. The 11th was involved in the 1864 battles against General Sterling Price at Lexington, Little Blue, Independence, Westport, and Mine Creek. Borland was wounded at the Battle of Westport. He was mustered out of service in September 1865.

Elijah Borland died on November 7, 1923, at Scranton, Kansas.

Carte-de-Visite by S.M. Eby & Son, Kansas City, Mo.

Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31705