WI 15th Inf Co F. Residence: Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Born “Tosten Iversen Baarum (or Vaarum)”, at Ostre Slidre, Valders, Norway. Civil War: Unmarried. Age 18. Enlisted for three years on 10 Nov 1861 at Manitowoc and mustered at Madison, Wisconsin, 12 Dec 1861. Private. Sick in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 3 Jul 1863. Mustered out with Company F on 13 Jan 1865 at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Died at Blair, Wisconsin, in 1905. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-8; red book vol 20 p88) (Buslett p504) (Ager p307) (Ulvestad p283) (Hedberg)