PEDERSON, Peder

WI 15th Inf Co D. Residence: Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Age 46. Married. Enlisted for three years on 30 Oct 1861 at Oconomowoc, and mustered at Madison, Wisconsin, 10 Dec 1861. Private. Left behind at Iuka, Mississippi, 20 Aug 1862, because of illness. Died of disease in the U. S. general hospital at Nashville, Tennessee, 8 Dec 1862. Buried in National Cemetery there; section A, grave 875. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 boxes 76-2, 77-8, 78-3; red book vol 20 p62) (Buslett p455) (Ager p302)