WI 15th Inf Co G. Residence: Belleville, Dane County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Age 20. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 11 Nov 1861 at Bellville and mustered at Madison, Wisconsin, 9 Dec 1861. Private. Taken prisoner at Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia, 27 May 1864. Died of diarrhea in Andersonville Prison 30 Jun 1864. Buried there in grave 2,681. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-9; red book vol 20, p100) (Love p1082) (Buslett p530) (Ulvestad p273) (Ager p312) “Broness, Olaves” “Brons, Olaus” “Bronds, Olaus” “Branes, Oliver” “Broness, Olaus”
