Samuel C. Sandall
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| Name at Enlist | Samuel C. Sandall |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Sandahl |
| Lived | ca. 1833 – 27 Nov 1863 |
| Resident of Muster-In | Beloit, Rock County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | G |
| Rank at Enlistment | Corporal |
| Muster Date | 13 Dec 1861 |
| Cause of Death | chronic diarrhea |
| Death Location | Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN |
| Burial Location | Chattanooga National Cemetery; section D, grave 880 |
Samuel C. Sandall joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company G. The men of the company called themselves the “Rock River Rangers.”
The army listed him as living in Beloit, Rock County, WI, age 28, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on September 28, 1861 at Beloit and mustered at Madison, WI on December 13, 1861 as a Corporal (Korporal). Sandall died of chronic diarrhea in a hospital in Chattanooga, TN on November 27, 1863. He was buried in Chattanooga National Cemetery; section D, grave 880.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-9; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.98;Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.542; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.313.