JOHNSON, Svend

WI 15th Inf Co D. Residence: Chicago, Illinois. Civil War: Age 43. Married. Enlisted for three years on 25 Oct 1861 at Chicago, and mustered at Madison, Wisconsin, 15 Nov 1861. Private. Detached from D Company on Mississippi River Island No. 10 and assigned to Company A for a month during April 1862. Sick in hospital 28 Jul 1862. Became unfit for service and was discharged from a hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 6 Oct 1862. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 boxes 76-6, 78-3; red book vol 20 p60) (Buslett p449) (Meeker) (Ager p301)