Charles W. Eriksen

(? - 1862)
Home State: Wisconsin
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 2nd Wisconsin Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
From Dekorra, he enlisted in Company H, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry on 24 April 1861.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was mortally wounded in action on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

The remainder of the War:
He died of wounds on 16 September 1862.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from State of Wisconsin1.

Death Date: 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]

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