Portage County Historical Society
Portraits of Portage County Civil War Veterans
Wisconsin and Portage County exceeded the draft goals set out by the Federal Government. Both David Ellison and Michael Riley's articles address the Civil War efforts.
The Portraits of Civil War Veterans from Portage County, Wisconsin include death and burial information that's readily available. As we search our records we'll add additional portraits, burial information and obituaries. Obituaries are located in section below portraits.
Amos Ball
Co. E, Wi 32nd Inft.
Amherst, Portage Cty
William Catlin
13th Lt. Artillery
Buena Vista, Portage Cty
George Dutton
Co. H, 3rd Inft.
Portage Cty
Cornelius Eastling
Co. F, Wi 43rd Inft.
Almond, Portage Cty
Died: 31 May 1891
Buried: Lone Pine Cemetery, Almond, Portage Cty, Wisconsin
Elbridge Eaton
3rd Wi Lt Artiilery
Almond, Portage Cty
Died: 1917
Buried: Almond Village Cem., Portage Cty, Wisconsin
Washington Fisher
Co. G, Wi 49th Inft.
Plover, Portage Cty
John Hennis
Co. H, Wi 3rd Cav
Amherst, Portage Cty
Died: 1866
Buried: Fort Scott,
Bourbon Cty, Kansas
Hermon Hoffman
Co. E, Wi 7th Inft.
Portage Cty
Died: 12 Aug 1931
Buried: Greenwood Cem.
Amherst, Portage Cty, Wisconsin
Elias Martlatt
Co. F, Wi 5th Inft
Stockton, Portage Cty
George Messing
Co. B, Wi 46th Inft.
Almond, Portage Cty
Simon Myhre
Co. I, Wi 15 Inft
New Hope, Portage Cty
Knud Nelson
Co. I, Wi 3rd Inft.
Amherst, Portage Cty
Robert Parks
Co. H, Wi 16th Inft
Belmont, Portage Cty
Albert Ruediger
Co. I, Wi 31st Inft.
Amherst, Portage Cty
Stillman Sawyer
Co. E, Wi 18th Inft
Plover, Portage Cty
Died: 14 May 1896
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Blaine, Portage Cty, Wisconsin
Philmore Seely
Co. I, Wi 7th Inft.
Pine Grove, Portage Cty
William Sherwin
Co. E, Wi 18th Inft
Stockton, Portage Cty
Wellington White
Wi 3rd Lt Artillery
Belmont, Portage Cty
Died: 11 Feb 1932
Buried: Ash Hollow Cemetery, Lewellen, Garden Cty, Nebraska
John Wraalsted
Co. I, Wi 15 Inft
New Hope, Portage Cty
Obituaries
Wellington White
Garden County News (Oshkosh, Nebraska), Feb. 11, 1932.
Military Funeral Services for Garden County Pioneer Held Wednesday at Lewellen Wellington White, 91, a resident of Garden county for more than forty years and a Civil war veteran, died at the home of his daughter, Maude, in Lander, Wyo., Friday, February 5.
He came to Garden county after he had spent his early boyhood in Maine and Wisconsin. He enlisted in the Third Battery of the Wisconsin Light Artillery when but 18 years of age and served a full enlistment. Just prior to his coming to Garden county he spent some time in Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
He took out a homestead north of Lewellen and had lived in that vicinity until recently. Since then he has been spending the winter with his son and daughter in Wyoming.
He is survived by two sons, Arthur, of Lewellen, and Emery, of Lander, Wyo., and two daughters, Mrs. Grace Mevich, of Oshkosh, and Maude, of Lander, Wyo.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist church in Lewellen with Reveille Post No. 14, American Legion, in charge. Interment was made in the Ash Hollow cemetery.