Soren Johnson
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| Name at Enlist | Soren Johnson |
| Birth Name | |
| Lived | ca. 1838 – 15 May 1864 |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Iola, Waupaca County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | I |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 20 Dec 1861 |
| Cause of Death | killed in action |
| Death Location | Resaca, Gordon County, GA |
| Burial Location | National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN, section L, grave 317 |
Soren Johnson was born in Norway. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company I. The men of the company called themselves the “Scandinavian Mountaineers” but were also known as the “Waupaca Company” because so many of them were living in that WI county when they enlisted. The army listed him as living in Iola, Waupaca County, WI, age 23, a farmer, and unmarried. He had blue eyes, dark hair, dark complexion, and stood 5’7”. He enlisted for three years on November 4, 1861 at Scandinavia, WI, and mustered at Madison, WI on December 20, 1861 as a Private (Menig). Johnston was sick at Mississippi River Island No. 10 in September and October 1863. He was killed in action, a minnie ball shot in his head, at Resaca, GA on May 15, 1864. He was buried in the National Cemetery at Chattanooga, TN, section L, grave 317.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-11,18; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.130; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.596; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.299; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.315.