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Capt. Joseph Mathison
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Quarter-length studio portrait of Joseph Mathison [as written on the photograph backing, Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20, published rosters: Wisconsin Volunteers (1914) and Rosters of Wisconsin Volunteers, Volume 1 (1886); also spelt as Joseph Matheson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume 7], a captain in Company B, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform. The following information was obtained from the Regimental and Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20 and 7: He resided in Madison, Wisconsin. On April 17, 1861, he was enlisted as a private and mustered into service on May 17, 1861, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at age 21 for a three month term of service with Company E, 1st Wisconsin Infantry. On August 21, 1861, he was mustered out of service with Company E at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He re-enlisted and was commissioned a first lieutenant with Company B, 15th Wisconsin on November 13, 1861, in Madison, Wisconsin. On November 1, 1862, at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, he was promoted to Captain. In October 1864, he was sent to Atlanta, Georgia to retrieve the regimental baggage. On December 1, 1864, he was mustered out of service with Company B, 15th Wisconsin at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
circa 1860-1869
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Anders G. Urness
circa 1860-1869
Waist-up oval studio portrait of Anders G. Urness [as written on portrait backing; also written as Anders G. Urnces on the published Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, Volume 1 and (“Red Books”) Regim...
H.O. Hendrickson
circa 1860-1869
Head and shoulders oval studio portrait of H.O. Hendrickson [as written on the photograph backing; also written as Henry O. Hendrikson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20 and on published Roster of Wis...
Nils Kittelsen Luraas
circa 1860-1869
Waist-up seated oval studio portrait of Nils Kittelson Luraas, a private in Company G, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regimental and Descriptive Rolls, Vol...
Johan Nilson Nysveen
circa 1860-1869
Waist-up oval portrait of Johan Nilson Nysveen [as written on the photograph backing; also written as John Nilson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20 and published rosters: Rosters of Wisconsin Volunte...
Thore Knudson
circa 1860-1869
Head and shoulders studio portrait of Thore Knudson, a musician in Company E, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regimental and Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20: H...
Daniel Anderson
circa 1860-1869
Quarter-length oval studio portrait of Daniel Anderson, a private in Company D, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regimental and Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20:...
