WI 15th Inf Co H. Residence: Deerfield, Dane County, Wisconsin. Born Torgeir Larsen Rothe in Voss, Norway. Civil War: Age 19. Farmer. Unmarried. Blue eyes, dark hair, light complexion, 5’10”. Enlisted for three years on 9 Feb 1864 at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered there on 16 Feb 1864. Private. Joined H Company 31 Mar 1864. Wounded at New Hope Church, Georgia, 27 May 1864, and sent to hospital. Sent to a hospital in Keokuk, Iowa, 22 Jun 1864. Temporarily assigned to the Wisconsin 24th Infantry. Transferred to Company I of the Wisconsin 13th on 10 Jun 1865, but according to records in the War Department, he had already been mustered out at Davenport, Iowa, on 20 May 1865. Post war: Lived at Dexter, Minnesota. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-13; red book vol 18, p178; vol 20, p118) (Buslett p566 photo) (Ager p222, photo; p256, photo; p310) (Quiner p 629) (Gjertveit) (Ulvestad p305,325,326) “Roethe, Torger” “Larson, Torbjor”
