Knud Johnson
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| Name at Enlist | Knud Johnson |
| Birth Name | |
| Lived | ca. 1843 – |
| Resident of Muster-In | Beloit, Rock County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | G |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 13 Dec 1861 |
Knud Johnson 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 18, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on October 5, 1861 at Beloit, and mustered at Madison, WI on December 13, 1861 as a Private (Menig). He disappeared from Mississippi River Island No. 10 on May 17, 1862 and was listed as a deserter.
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, Iowa, 1894), p.536.