WI 44th Inf Co C. Residence: Iola, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. Enlistment credited to Nekimi, Winnebago County. Born in Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Age 33. Married. Blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5’6”. Enlisted for one year on 29 Oct 1864 at Waupaca, Wisconsin. Mustered 7 Nov 1864 at Madison, Wisconsin. Bounty $100, $33.33 paid. Private. Sick in hospital at Nashville, Tennessee, in March 1865. In hospital in Paducah, Kentucky, on 1 Jun 1865. Sent on a hospital boat to Jefferson, Indiana, and was still there in a hospital at time company was mustered out. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 180-4; red book vol 49; blue book)
