WI 15th Inf Co A. Residence: Chicago, Illinois. Civil War: Age 29. Unmarried. Enlisted 11 Oct 1861. Mustered 15 Nov 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin. Private. Transferred from Company I, 7 Apr 1862. Sick in hospital in Mound City, Illinois, in 1862. Given leave from there on 3 Jun 1862. Was sick in hospital at Bowling Green 17 Sep 1862. Discharged from the service in Louisville, Kentucky, 28 Jul 1863 for disability. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 boxes 76-3, 77-3; red book vol 20 p 20) (Buslett p365) (Meeker) (Ager p293) “Peterson, Eller”
