WI 15th Inf Co G. Residence: Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Age 18. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 14 Jan 1862 at Madison. Not mustered by reason of desertion. Restored to duty without trial. Private. Disappeared from Mississippi River Island No. 10 on 13 Aug 1863, but was back in the company again at Casseville, 22 May 1864, and was sent to hospital. “In accordance with Special Order Number 61 from the 3rd Division, Fourth Army Corps, he was returned to his unit without judgment other than being stripped of his pay and compensation up until 1 May 1864,” according to Buslett. Transferred to Company H at Whiteside, Tennessee, 1 Jan 1865. Assigned temporarily to the Wisconsin 24th Infantry. Transferred to Company I of the Wisconsin 13th on 10 Jun 1865. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-9; red book vol 20 p104) (Ager p313) (Buslett p546)
