WI 15th Inf Co E. Residence: Richland, Waseca County, Minnesota. From Skien, Norway. Civil War: Age 26. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 12 Nov 1861 in Bad Ax County, Wisconsin. Enlistment credited to Bad Ax County. Mustered 10 Dec 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin. Private. Assigned as wagoner at Bowling Green, Kentucky, 16 Sep 1862. Listed as Division wagoner on 18 Dec 1862. Sick in hospital at Stevenson, Alabama, 9 Sep 1863; also there on 15 Sep. Sick in Nashville, Tennessee. Sick in Louisville, Kentucky, on 1st and on 18th of December, 1863. Sick in hospital at Jeffersonville, Indiana, 30 Apr 1864. Mustered out with Company E in Chattanooga, Tennessee, 20 Dec 1864. Post war: Lived at New Richland, Minnesota. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-7; red book vol 20 p76) (TAR) (Buslett p489) (Ager p305) (Ulvestad p311)
