WI 43rd Inf Co E. Residence: Norway Township, Racine County, Wisconsin. Born in Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Age 18. Unmarried. Brown eyes, brown hair, dark complexion, 5’6½”. Enlisted for one year on 2 Sep 1864 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mustered there the same day. Bounty $100, $33.33 paid. Private. Died of chronic diarrhea in hospital at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, on 14 Dec 1864. Buried in the Jefferson Barracks Cemetery, section 33, grave 208. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 178-6,13; red book vol 48; blue book 49) (Love p1120) “Emerson, Ole”.
