James Young
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| Name at Enlist | James Young |
| Birth Name | |
| Lived | ca. 1842 – |
| Company at Enlistment | G |
| 2nd Company | H |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 23 Nov 1863 |
James Young joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company G at age 21. The men of the company called themselves the “Rock River Rangers.” His residence is not shown. Young enlisted for three years on July 15, 1863 at Mississippi River Island No. 10. He mustered at Chattanooga, TN on November 23, 1863. He was a recruit and enlisted as a Private (Menig). He transferred to Company H at Whiteside, TN on January 27, 1865. He transferred to I Company of the WI 13th Infantry Regiment on June 10, 1865.
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.106; Ole A. Buslett, Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers] (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p. 548.