The deposition is dated April 20, 1863 and the content says that Elijah Hollingshead was late "a Private of Captain Henry W Cox's company 12th regiment Alabama Volunteers" and that he "entered the Service at Socapatoy in Coosa County and State of Alabama on or about the 9th day of March 1862, and died at Richmond on or about the 19th day of April 1862, leaving her his widow and legal heir."
Capt Cox's company became Co B of the 12th AL. So Elijah Hollingshead enlisted March 9, 1862 at Coosa County AL, traveled to Richmond, VA to join the 12th Alabama, and died on or about April 19, 1862. Carded records show that he was 35 years old.