WI 15th Inf Co C. Residence: Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Age 22. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 2 Dec 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered there on 10 Jan 1862. Private. Sick in Springfield, Kentucky, 7 Oct 1862. In hospital at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Taken prisoner near Bardstown, Kentucky, where he had been left behind because of his illness. Paroled to General Lew Wallace, at a camp in Ohio, 1863. Served on military police duty in Columbus, Ohio, on the 1st, 4th and 11th of April 1863. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, 15 Jan 1864. Discharged. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-5; red book vol 20 p 44) (Buslett p407) (Ulvestad p271)
