WI 15th Inf Co E. Residence: Rushford, Fillmore County, Minnesota. Civil War: Age 22. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 18 Dec 1861 at La Crosse, Wisconsin. Enlistment credited to LaCrosse. Mustered 20 Dec 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin. Private. Left sick in hospital at Mississippi River Island No. 10 on 11 Jun 1862. Returned. Missing on road between Cave City and Bowling Green, Kentucky, 31 Oct 1862. Seriously wounded and taken prisoner in the Battle at Stone’s River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on 30 Dec 1862. Exchanged and sent to Parole Camp at St. Louis, 30 Jun 1863. In hospital at Chattanooga, Tennessee, 28 Nov 1863. Sick in Nashville, Tennessee, 31 Jan 1864. Also in Knoxville. Mustered out with Company E in Chattanooga, Tennessee, 20 Dec 1864. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-7; red book vol 20 p78) (TAR) (Buslett p492) (Ulvestad p326) (Ager p305)
