37th Wisconsin Infantry

Information based on his tombstone in Bloomfield Cemetery, Waushara County, WI. B. 03-18-1847 d. 02-16-1914

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Civil War: 37th Wisconsin Infantry, Company C, Residence: Ridgeway, Iowa County, Wisconsin. Born in Norway. Farmer. Age 36. Married. Blue eyes, brown hair, light complexion, 5’11”. Drafted. Enrolled for one year on 28 Oct 1864 at Ridgeway. Mustered the same day. Private. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 167-13,20; red book vol 42) Originally buried in Union Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, Eau Claire Co., WI. Moved to family plot at Eleva Cemetery, Eleva, Trempealeau Co., WI.

Enlisted as a Private on 31 March 1864. Enlisted in Company C, 37th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 31 Mar 1864. Mustered Out Company C, 37th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 27 Jul 1865.

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Killed in action during the assault of Petersburg on 19 Jun 1864 when a Minie Ball pierced his neck.

Enlisted as a Sergeant on 12 August 1862. Enlisted in Company A, 30th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 12 Aug 1862. Discharged for promotion Company A, 30th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 19 Apr 1864. Commission in Company F, 37th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 19 Apr 1864. Promoted to Full Captain on 19 Apr

Born: 16 Jun 1811 at Schaticoke, Rensselaer, NY (parents: Abner Hammond & Purity Groesbeck(?)or possibly Fela Van Antwerp) Died: 21 Mar 1865 at Washington Park Hospital, Cincinnati, OH Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Lot C, Grave #20, Cincinnati, OH Enlisted: 3 May 1864 at Hustisford, WI Captured at Battle of Mine, Petersburg, VA and sent to Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. Transferred to Danville Prison, and later transferred back to Libby Prison, where he was paroled due to illness. Sent to Union hospital at Washington Park Hospital, Cincinnati, where he died from dysentery. Wife: Eliza Dorcas Willey (Ostrander?)

Enlisted at Eau Claire, Wisconsin on 30 March 1864 in Company K., 37th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment was wounded in the right hand on 2 April 1865 in the Battle of Petersburg III also known as the Breakthrough at Petersburg. Mustered out from 37th Infantry Wisconsin on 27 Jul 1865 in Washington D.C. Buried in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, KS.

Thosten Thostenson served as a substitute for Scott Thompson in Company K. After the war, he changed his name to Thomas T. Nelson and moved to Steele County, Minnesota.