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Federal (USV)

Private

Charles W. Eriksen

(? - 1862)

Home State: Wisconsin

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 2nd Wisconsin Infantry

Before Antietam

From Dekorra, he enlisted in Company H, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry on 24 April 1861.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He died of wounds on 16 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from State of Wisconsin1.

Death

09/16/1862

Notes

1   State of Wisconsin, Adjutant General's Office, and Chandler P. Chapman, Adj. Gen., Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, 2 volumes, Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printers, 1886, Vol. 1, pp. 366 - 369  [AotW citation 10206]