Photograph
Otto Axel Risum
| Vignetted head and shoulders cabinet card portrait of Otto Axel Risum, an Adjutant in the 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regimental and Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20: He resided in Spring Valley, Wisconsin. On October 16, 1861, he was enlisted as a sergeant in Company G, 15th Wisconsin Infantry and mustered into service on December 13, 1861, in Madison, Wisconsin. From October 1863 to February 1864, he was acting sergeant major. On March 21, 1864, at Strawberry Plaines, Tennessee, he was promoted to sergeant major and transferred to the non-commissioned staff. On October 15, 1864, he was further promoted to the rank of adjutant of the regiment. He was mustered out of service on February 10, 1865, at Chattanooga, Tennessee. |
| Image ID: | 91086 |
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| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| Collection Name: | Oberst Heg og hans gutter photographs, circa 1862-circa 1920 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2361 3/39 |
| Original Dimensions: | 6 x 9 inches |
| Officers |
| Portraits |
| Soldiers |
| Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| Suits (Clothing) |
| Beards |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Moustache |
| Portrait photography |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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