JOHNSON, John E.

WI Lt Arty 10th Battery. Residence: Mauston, Juneau County, Wisconsin. Born in Norway. Civil War: Age 22. Farmer. Unmarried. Blue eyes, sandy hair, fair complexion, 5’10”. Enlisted for three years at Mauston, Wisconsin, on 9 Jan 1862. Mustered 10 Feb 1862 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Private. Transferred to the Wisconsin Eighth Battery on 31 Mar 1862. Re-enlisted as a Veteran on 5 Jan 1863 at Nashville and re-mustered there on 20 Jan 1863. Died of disease at Mauston, Wisconsin, on 16 May 1864. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 241-4,7,8,9; red book vol 5) (Love p1133)