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Henry Anderson

15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment

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Name at EnlistHenry Anderson
Birth Name
Livedca. 1843 - 4 Dec 1862
Resident of Muster-InButte Des Mortes, Winnebago County, WI
Company at EnlistmentD
Rank at EnlistmentPrivate
Muster Date8 Dec 1861
Cause of DeathDisease
Death LocationBowling Green, Warren County, KY

Henry Anderson 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 Anderson as living in Butte Des Mortes, Winnebago County, WI, and age 18. He enlisted for three years on November 25, 1861, at Oshkosh, WI, and mustered on December 8, 1861 at Madison, WI, as a Private (Menig). He was promoted to Corporal (Korporal) on May 1, 1862. He died of disease at Bowling Green, KY, on December 4, 1862.

 

Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, boxes 76-6, 78-3; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 56; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 300.