TORGERSON, Torger

WI 15th Inf Co F. Residence: Door County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Unmarried. Farmer. Age 18. Blue eyes, blond hair, fair complexion, 5’11”. Enlisted for three years on 22 Feb 1862 in Door County and mustered at Madison, Wisconsin, 1 Mar 1862. Private. Seriously wounded in battle of Stone’s River, Tennessee, 31 Dec 1862, and sent to hospital. Died of those wounds in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 3 Apr 1863. Buried in Stone’s River National Cemetery; section I, grave 311. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-8; red book vol 20 p92) (Buslett p520) (Ager p308) (Ulvestad p337)