WI 15th Inf Co D. Residence: Spring Prairie, Adams County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Age 22. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 23 Nov 1861 at Spring Prairie, and mustered on 8 Dec 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin. Private. Killed at Stone’s River, Tennessee, 31 Dec 1862. Buried in National Cemetery there; section H, grave 98. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 boxes 76-6, 77-8, 78-3; red book vol 20 p62) (Buslett p452) (Ulvestad p312) (Ager p302) “Nels, Nels”
