JOHNSON, John

WI 15th Inf Co B. Residence: Door Creek, Dane County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Age 25. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 11 Dec 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered there the same day. Private. Sick at Mississippi River Island No. 10. Sick in hospital in Iuka, Mississippi, on 21 Aug 1862. Wounded in the Battle at Chickamauga, Georgia, 19 Sep 1863, and taken prisoner. He died in prison on 1 Feb 1864 of his wounds. Buried in Cemetery at Marietta, Georgia; section A, grave 118. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-4; red book vol 20 p 32) (Buslett p385) (Ager p295) (Quiner p625) (RWV p809)