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Ole Black
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Waist-up seated oval studio portrait of Ole Back, a sergeant in Company A, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform. The following information was obtained from the Regimental and Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20: He resided in Chicago, Illinois. On October 11, 1861, he enlisted and was eventually mustered into service in Madison, Wisconsin on November 15, 1861. During the Battle of Stone River in Tennessee, Ole Back was severely wounded and was initially sent to a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, but was eventually sent to another facility near Murfreesboro, Tennessee where he died on January 16, 1863, of the wounds received.
circa 1860-1869
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Head and shoulders oval studio portrait of Thompson Thomas, a corporal in Company H, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regimental Description Rolls, Volume 20...
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Waist-up seated oval portrait of Corporal Samuel C. Johnson from A seated, a corporal in C Company, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform with corporal chevrons on the sleeves. The following informat...
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Head and shoulders oval portrait of Albert A Tafte, listed in roster as Albert A. Nelson, a private in Company B, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regimental...
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Waist-up oval studio portrait of William Burgeson, a private in Company E, 15th Wisconsin Infantry in uniform with musket across lap. The following information was obtained from the Regimental and ...
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Waist-up seated oval studio portrait of Ole Nelson [as written on published Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, Volume 1 and on the Regimental Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20; written as Ole Nelson on car...
