WI 38th Inf Co G. Residence: Fox Lake, Dodge County, Wisconsin. Enlistment credited to Walworth, Walworth County. Born in Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Age 22. Blue eyes, brown hair, dark complexion, 5’8”. Enlisted for one year on 3 Sep 1864 at Madison, Wisconsin. Mustered the same day into the WI 42nd Inf and assigned to WI 38th Co G. Bounty $100. Private. Promoted to Sergeant. Reduced to ranks on 20 Feb 1865. Wounded on 2 Apr 1865 at Petersburg, Virginia, and sent to US General Hospital in Washington DC. No discharged had been given him at time of muster out of his company. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 boxes 170-9, 176-13; red book vol 43) “Birum, Chailes C.” “Byrum, Charles C”
