Samuel Sampson
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| Name at Enlist | Samuel Sampson |
| Birth Name | |
| Lived | ca. 1839 – 30 May 1862 |
| Resident of Muster-In | Boone County, IL |
| Company at Enlistment | A |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 15 Nov 1861 |
| Cause of Death | Disease |
| Death Location | Mississippi River Island No. 10 |
| Burial Location | Mississippi River Cemetery near Memphis, TN |
Samuel Sampson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company A. The men of the company called themselves the “St. Olaf’s Rifles.” They were also known as the “Sailor Company” because of the large number of seamen in its ranks, and as the “Chicago Company” because so many of its members were residents of that city.
The army listed him as living in Boone County, IL, age 22, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on October 16, 1861 in Boone County and mustered at Madison, WI on November 15, 1861 as a Private (Menig). He died of disease at Mississippi River Island No. 10 on May 30, 1862, and was buried in the Mississippi River Cemetery near Memphis, TN.
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.20; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.263 English; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.326.