WI 15th Inf Co C. Residence: Raymond, Racine County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Age 18. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 26 Dec 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin and mustered there on 6 Jan 1862. Private. Sick in Bowling Green, Kentucky, 17 Sep 1862. Taken prisoner at Stone’s River, Tennessee, 31 Dec 1862. Was a prisoner of war on parole in St. Louis, Missouri, and in Columbus, Ohio. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, 19 Aug 1863. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-5; red book vol 20 p 48) (Buslett p423) (Ulvestad p313) “Nilsen”
