John N. Hoverud
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| Name at Enlist | John N. Hoverud |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | John Hovrud; John N. Howard |
| Lived | ca. 1838 – |
| Resident of Muster-In | Perry, Dane County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | E |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 8 Dec 1861 |
John N. Hoverud joined WI 15th Infantry, Company E. The men of the company called themselves “Odin’s Rifles.”
The army listed Hoverud as living in Perry, Dane County, WI, age 23, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on November 23, 1861 in Dane County, and mustered on December 8, 1861 at Madison, WI as a Private (Menig). He was an escort with the provision transport from Stevenson, AL on October 13, 1863. He was sick in Chattanooga, TN on November 28, 1863, and also sick in Nashville. He mustered out with Company E in Chattanooga, TN, 20 Dec 1864. On January 9, 1886 he filed a pension.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-7; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.74; Payroll muster rolls of WI 15th Co E, saved by Captain T. A. Rossing; Det Femtende Regiment. Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1894, p.480; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.293; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.304; Civil War Pension Index, Roll #T288_228.