Peder Pederson
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| Name at Enlist | Peder Pederson |
| Birth Name | |
| Lived | ca. 1815 - 8 Dec 1862 |
| Resident of Muster-In | Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | D |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 10 Dec 1861 |
| Cause of Death | Disease |
| Death Location | U. S. general hospital at Nashville, TN |
| Burial Location | National Cemetery, Nashville, TN; section A, grave 875 |
Peder Pederson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company D. The men of the company called themselves the “Norway Wolf Hunters.” They were also known as the “Waupun Company” because so many of its members were from Waupun.
The army listed him as living in Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, WI, age 46, and married. He enlisted for three years on October 30, 1861 at Oconomowoc, and mustered at Madison, WI on December 10, 1861 as a Private (Menig). He left behind at Iuka, MS on August 20, 1862 because of illness. Pederson died of disease in the U. S. general hospital at Nashville, TN on December 8, 1862. He was buried in National Cemetery there; section A, grave 875.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, boxes 76-2, 77-8, 78-3; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.62; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.455; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.302.