I do not find ELI C. MAY.
I do find 5 ELI MAY's but they are all union.
I find a ELIHU MAY in the 33rd Regt Mississippi Infantry.
I find a ELIJAH MAY in Wood's Regt, Confederate Cavalry (1st Mississippi Cavalry) (Wirt Adam's Regt)
I find a ELIJAH C. MAY in 133rd Regt, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864)
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