WI 15th Inf Co B. Residence: Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Age 18. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 27 Oct 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered there on 16 Nov 1861. Private. Sick at Bowling Green, Kentucky, 4 Nov 1862. Served as escort with the provision transport from Stevenson, Alabama, 13 Oct 1863. Taken prisoner at Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia, 27 May 1864. Died of disease (diarrhea) in Andersonville Prison, 9 Nov 1864. Buried in grave 11,931. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-4) (Buslett p394) (GPO p148) (Ager p296) (RWV p809) ancestry.com) (“Prisoners who died at Andersonville Prison” Atwater List, publ 1865)
