Edward Hill
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| Name at Enlist | Edward Hill |
| Birth Name | |
| Lived | ca. 1806 – |
| Resident of Muster-In | Beloit, Rock County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | G |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 13 Dec 1861 |
Edward Hill joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company G. The men of his company called themselves the “Rock River Rangers.”
The army listed him as living in Beloit, Rock County, WI, married, and age 55. He enlisted as musician for three years on October 26, 1861 at Beloit, and mustered at Madison, WI on December 13, 1861 as a Private (Menig). He was discharged from the service for disease at Mississippi River Island No. 10 on May 13, 1862.
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.102; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1894, p.534.