Andrew O. Janson
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| Name at Enlist | Andrew O. Janson |
| Birth Name | |
| Lived | ca. 1841 – 5 Mar 1905 |
| Resident of Muster-In | Chicago, Cook County, IL |
| Company at Enlistment | A |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 15 Nov 1861 |
| Burial Location | Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI |
Andrew O. Janson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company C. The men of the company called themselves the “Norway Bear Hunters,” but they were also known as the Color Company because the regimental Color Guard was attached to their company. The army listed him as living in Chicago, IL, age 20, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on October 25, 1861, at Chicago, and mustered on November 15, 1861, at Madison, WI as a Private (Menig). He was under arrest at Mississippi River Island No. 10 on May 17, 1862. Janson was assigned to escort a supply train from Stevenson, AL, beginning in October 13, 1863. He was absent sick in Chattanooga, TN, on November 28, 1863. On May 5, 1864, he transferred to the U.S. Navy near Ringgold, GA.
After the war, he moved to Wisconsin. In 1890, he filed a pension by himself. In 1900, he was living in the NW Branch of National Home for Disabled Veteran Soldiers. He was listed as single, and likely never married. He died on March 5, 1905, and is buried in Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-3; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 18; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, compiled circa 1885, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 16; Ole A. Buslett, Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers] (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p. 355; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 292.