John Hamilton (1)

John Hamilton was a Corporal in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company D.

War Career

• Enlisted on April 20, 1861 in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company D
• Corporal
• Taken prisoner at the Battle of (I) Bull Run
• Died in prison in Richmond, Virginia of disease

Sources

• Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 11)
• Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 357)

Other Sources

• Herdegan, IBiCWaM, 15 (possibly) citing Quiner Scrapbook