WI 15th Inf Co K. Residence: Worth County, Iowa. Civil War: Age 32. Married. Blue eyes, red hair, fair complexion, 5’5”. Carpenter. Enlisted for three years on 29 Nov 1861 in Worth County and mustered at Madison, Wisconsin, 11 Feb 1862. Private. Left behind sick at Mississippi River Island No. 10, 11 Jun 1862. Was sick at Knoxville, Tennessee, 26 Dec 1863. Taken prisoner at Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 Sep 1863, and died of scurvy in Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, 10 Mar 1864. Buried in the National Cemetery at Danville, Virginia. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-12; red book vol 20 p142) (Buslett p621) (Ulvestad p275) (Ager p317)
