Electus graduated from Yale College in the class of 1858; taught in the State of Georgia and also in his native State until the breaking out of the Rebellion, when he enlisted Nov. 9, 1861, as a private in the 93rd NY Infantry.  On the 25th of November, 1863, he received a commission from President Lincoln as Captain of Company G, 8th Reg U.S. Colored Infantry, was wounded at Alusta, in Florida, and in a skirmish at Darby Town, VA., lost his left arm. Since the war, to the present, he has been in the employ of the Government, connected with the pay department. 10