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C. Mussett

15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment

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Name at Enlist

C. Mussett

Birth Name
Lived

ca. 1837 – 30 Sep 1862

Birth Country

France

Resident of Muster-In

La Crosse, La Crosse County, WI

Rank at Enlistment

Private

Muster Date

28 Aug 1862

Burial Location

Cave Hill National Cemetery at Louisville, KY; section A, grave 4

C. Mussett was born in France. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, but was not assigned to a company. The army listed him as living in La Crosse, WI, age 25, and a farmer. He had gray eyes, brown hair, fair complexion, and stood 5’. Mussett enlisted for three years on August 28, 1862 at La Crosse as a Private (Menig) with a bounty of $100. He died on September 30, 1862 and is buried in Cave Hill National Cemetery at Louisville, KY; section A, grave 4.

 

Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-15; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, IA, 1894), p.648; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.311.