WI 15th Inf Co F. Residence: Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Age 45. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 5 Nov 1861 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and mustered at Madison, Wisconsin, 12 Dec 1861. Private. Sick in general hospital at Mississippi River Island No. 10 on 1 Jun 1862. In general hospital at Iuka, Mississippi, on 18 Aug 1862, where he was declared to be unfit for service and was ordered to be discharged. However, he died there 2 Sep 1862. Buried in National Cemetery at Corinth, Mississippi; section B, grave 181. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-8; red book vol 20 p92) (Buslett p521) (Ager p308) “Thronson, Gilbert”
