John H. Johnson
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| Name at Enlist | John H. Johnson |
| Birth Name | |
| Lived | ca. 1841 – 3 Jul 1862 |
| Resident of Muster-In | Cambridge, Dane County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | B |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 16 Nov 1861 |
| Cause of Death | disease |
| Death Location | Mississippi River Island No. 10 |
| Burial Location | Mississippi National Cemetery near Memphis, TN |
John H. Johnson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company B. The men of the company called themselves the “Wergeland Guards” in honor of Henrik Wergeland, the famous Norwegian writer and poet. The army listed him as living in Cambridge, Dane County, WI, age 20, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on November 7, 1861 at Madison, WI, and mustered there on November 16, 1861 as a Private (Menig). He died of disease at Mississippi River Island No. 10 on July 3, 1862 and was buried in Mississippi River National Cemetery near Memphis, TN.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-4; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.32; Det Femtende Regiment. Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1894, p.386; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.298; Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, Vol I & II, Compiled under direction of the Adjutant General, Madison WI, 1886, p.809.