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Col. O.C. Johnson
Head and shoulders steel engraved portrait of Ole C. Johnson, a colonel in the 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regimental and Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20: He resided in Stoughton, Wisconsin. On November 12, 1861, he was commissioned as a captain of Company B, 15th Wisconsin Infantry by the governor of Wisconsin and was mustered into service in Madison, Wisconsin at age 24. On November 8, 1862, he was promoted to the rank of major. During the fighting at Chickamauga, Georgia, on September 20, 1863 he was taken as a prisoner of war and transport to Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. In May 1864, he was able to escape and reach Union lines at Strawberry Plaines, Tennessee a month later. Starting in July 1864 until February 1865, when he was mustered out of service, Johnson commanded the 15th Wisconsin Infantry. |
Image ID: | 89861 |
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Creator Name: | Shober & Carqueville Litho. Co. |
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Collection Name: | Oberst Heg og hans gutter photographs, circa 1862-circa 1920 |
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Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
Original Format Number: | PH 2361 3/22 |
Original Dimensions: | 4.5 x 7.5 inches |
The print has a slight tear on lower right corner. |
Officers |
Portraits |
Prisoners of War |
Soldiers |
Civil War, 1861-1865 |
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Moustache |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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