WI Lt Arty 11th Battery. Residence: Dane County, Wisconsin. Born in Denmark (or Germany). Civil War: Shoemaker. Unmarried. Age 25. Blue eyes, brown hair, dark complexion, 5’8”. Enlisted for three years on 28 Feb 1862 at Madison, Wisconsin. Mustered 28 Feb 1862. Private. Was in the U. S. General hospital at Cumberland, Maryland, on 28 Sep 1863. Re-enlisted as a Veteran on 29 Feb 1864 at Camp Jessie, New Creek, West Virginia. Re-mustered there the same day. Bounty $400. In April 1864, he was on a 30-day re-enlistment furlough. On 23 Feb 1865, he received a 20-day furlough, by order of Major General Crook. Mustered out 10 Jul 1865 at Chicago, Illinois. [An Adjutant General Office discharge record of 8 Jul 1886 shows this soldier to have been discharged on 10 Jul 1865 from Company L of the 1st Illinois Light Artillery.] Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 242-2,4,8,10; red book vol 5)
