IL 12th Inf Co I. Residence: Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois. Born in Sweden. Civil War: Age 27. Farmer. Unmarried. Gray eyes, light hair, sandy complexion, 5’9”. Enlisted for three years on 24 Jul 1861. Private. Re-enlisted. For three years on 1 Jan 1864 at Vale Mills, Tennessee, and mustered 14 Jan 1864 at Pulaski, Tennessee. Discharged 10 Jul 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Sources: (ILSA reel one p 109, 111)