TOBIASON, Nels M.

WI 15th Inf Co D. Residence: Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Age 19. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 11 Nov 1861 at Oconomowoc, and mustered at Madison, Wisconsin, 8 Dec 1861. Private. Promoted to Corporal 1 May 1862. Sick in Winchester, Tennessee, 1 Jul 1863. Wounded and taken prisoner in Battle at Chattanooga, Tennessee, 13 Dec 1863. Sent to Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, where he died 2 Feb 1864. Buried in National Cemetery there. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 boxes 76-6, 78-3; red book vol 20 p56) (Buslett p458) (Ager p302) (Meeker)