JORGENSON, John

WI 15th Inf Co E. Residence: Perry, Dane County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Age 26. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 18 Jan 1862 in Dane County. Mustered 27 Jan 1862 at Madison, Wisconsin. Private. Sick at Nashville, Tennessee, on 26 Nov 1862. Also sick in Nashville on 26 Dec 62. Sent to Convalescent Camp, 15 Sep 1863, at Stevenson, Alabama. Sick at Knoxville, Tennessee, 24 Feb 1864. Wounded in his hand in the Battle at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, 21 Jun 1864, and sent to a hospital. Mustered out with E Company on 20 Dec 1864 at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-7; red book vol 20 p74) (TAR) (Buslett p483) (Ager p304) (Ulvestad p300)