WI 15th Inf Co C. Residence: Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Age 27. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 12 Nov 1861 at Waterford, Wisconsin. Mustered at Madison, Wisconsin, 2 Dec 1861. Private. Was sick in Union City, Tennessee, 20 Jun 1862. Seriously wounded at Stone’s River on 30 Dec 1862 and sent to Nashville. Became unfit for service and was discharged for disability at Louisville, Kentucky, 13 May 1863. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-5; red book vol 20 p48) (Buslett p424) (Ager p299) “Olson, Lorents”
