WI 15th Inf Co A. Residence: Chicago, Illinois. Civil War: Age 30. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 25 Nov 1861 at Chicago. Mustered 2 Dec 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin. Private. Sick (or wounded) at Stone’s River, Tennessee, 31 Dec 1862, and sent to hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. Sick in Navy Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, 31 Nov 1863, and sent to Veteran Reserve Corps on 6 Oct 1864. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-3; red book vol 20 p 20) (Buslett p362) (Ulvestad p314) (Meeker) (Hedberg) “Nilsen, Lorents”
