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Peter Rousch

15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment

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Name at Enlist

Peter Rousch

Birth Name
Lived

Resident of Muster-In

Beloit, Rock County, WI

Company at Enlistment

G

Peter Rousch joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company G. The men of the company called themselves the “Rock River Rangers.” The army listed him as living in Beloit, WI. He enlisted but not mustered due to being a minor. He was discharged from the service and claimed by his father on January 22, 1862.

Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-15; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.542.