William Henry Cook

From Waupun, he enlisted in Company D, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry on 25 April 1861. He was appointed Corporal (date not given).

He was slightly wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam.

He was treated in hospitals in Frederick, MD and Philadelphia, PA and returned to duty. He was wounded again, in action at Dallas, GA and on Kennesaw Mountain in 1864. He mustered out with his Company on 18 July 1865 in Madison, WI.

In 1870 he was a carpenter living two doors from his future in-laws, the Torbert family, at Burnett in Dodge County, WI. He was a still a carpenter to at least 1900, then working for a railroad, probably the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul - the "Milwaukee Road."

His service basics from Bryant.1. Wound and hospital details from Nelson2 and a letter Lt. Hinkley wrote Oscar Gee on 21 September 1862. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1870-1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Margaret Ann Torbert (1850-1933) in January 1874 and they had 3 sons.

10/13/1842 in NY

01/04/1909; Burnett, WI; burial in Burnett Corners Cemetery, Burnett, WI