HELGESON, Nils

WI 15th Inf Co K. Residence: Worth County, Iowa. Civil War: Age 21. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 18 Jan 1862 in Worth County and mustered at Madison, Wisconsin, 11 Feb 1862. Private. Sick in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in November 1862. Became unfit for service and was discharged for disability at Camp Dennison, Ohio, 22 Jun 1863. Post war: Member GAR. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-12; red book vol 20 p144) (Buslett p627) (Ager p317)