WI 15th Inf Co I. Residence: Norway Grove, Dane County, Wisconsin. Born at Tysnæs, Norway. Civil War: Private. Age 31. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 16 Nov 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered there the same day. Private. Was with the provisions transport from Stevenson, Alabama, in October 1863. Wounded in his head at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, 21 Jun 1864. Mustered out with Company I on 10 Feb 1865 at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Post war: Died in Walsh County, North Dakota before 1890. His widow, Christi, survived him. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-11; red book vol 20 p134) (Buslett p608) (Ager p316, e52) (Ulvestad p331) (1890 Veterans and Widows Census, North Dakota, No.123, roll 59) “Starkson, Nils”
