WI 15th Inf Co A. Residence: Chicago, Illinois. Born 1832 at Stavanger, Norway. Civil War: Age 29. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 11 Oct 1861 at Chicago. Mustered 15 Nov 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin. Private. Promoted to Corporal. Sick in hospital at Bowling Green, Kentucky, 17 Sep 1862. Transferred to Veterans Reserve Corps 15 Aug 1864. In 1907, he was living at 341 Milwaukee Avenue, in Chicago. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-3; red book vol 20 p20) (Buslett p367) (Ager p293) (Ulvestad p265) (Gjertveit) “Sporland, Johan Henrik”
