WI 15th Inf Co A. Residence: Boone County, Illinois. Civil War: Age 21. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 16 Oct 1861 in Boone County. Mustered 15 Nov 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin. Private. Absent from Company, detached to 6th Ohio Battery since 28 Oct 1862. Absent sick at Chattanooga, Tennessee, since 28 Nov 1863. Died of disease at Chattanooga, 4 Mar 1864. Buried National Cemetery; section A, grave 38. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-3, blue book vol 20 p12) (Buslett p349) (Ulvestad p277) (Ager p291) (Meeker) “Edson, Edvard”
