PETERSEN, Christian

WI 15th Inf Co C. Residence: Raymond, Racine County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Age 18. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 4 Nov 1861 at Waterford, Wisconsin, and mustered at Madison, Wisconsin, on 2 Dec 1861. Private. Sick at Mississippi River Island No. 10, on 11 Jun 1862. Left behind at Corinth, Mississippi, on 21 Jun 1862 because of illness. Discharged from the service for disability in Cincinnati, Ohio, 11 Oct 1862. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-5; red book vol 20 p 48) (Buslett p427) (Ager p299) (Meeker)