WI 45th Inf Co E. Residence: Christiania, Dane County, Wisconsin. Born 1845 in Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Age 20. Unmarried. Blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion, 5’10”. Enlisted for one year on 7 Feb 1865 at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered there on 9 Feb 1865. Bounty $100, $33.33 paid. Private. Discharged 3 Jun 1865. Post war: Died 27 Jul 1929. Buried in Liberty Prairie, Wisconsin; stone reads “1845-27 Jul 1929”. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 183-6; red book vol 50) (Wisconsin Cemetery Records) (Hedberg)
