. Soldiers' and citizens' album of biographical record, containing personal sketches of army men and citizens prominent in loyalty of the Union; also a chronological and statistical history of the civil war, and a history of the Grand army of the republic, with portraits of soldiers and prominent citizens . father purchasing a40-acre tract on which not a stick had been son assisted in all the labor of clearing aplace, to erect a house and in the manufactureof shingles in which his father engaged as soonas practicable. He also worked as a carpenterand engaged in other vocations as oppor
. Soldiers' and citizens' album of biographical record, containing personal sketches of army men and citizens prominent in loyalty of the Union; also a chronological and statistical history of the civil war, and a history of the Grand army of the republic, with portraits of soldiers and prominent citizens . father purchasing a40-acre tract on which not a stick had been son assisted in all the labor of clearing aplace, to erect a house and in the manufactureof shingles in which his father engaged as soonas practicable. He also worked as a carpenterand engaged in other vocations as opportunityoffered until he became a soldier. He enlistedJan. 4, 1865, in Company F, 45th WisconsinInfantry, at Madison for three years. Oq theformation of the company he was made Ser-geant and received honorable discharge Jul\^17, 1865, at Nashville, Tenn., the war beingended. The companies left the State as enlistedand went to Nasliville. The trust and confidencewith which Mr. Ansorge was regarded maybe inferred from the special duty to which hewas assigned and which will be manifest fromthe extiact given from General Order, datedJune 4th, 1865 : Sergeant Eugene Ansorge ofCompany F, with 15 men, is hereby ordered toreport at 5 oclock a. m. to-morrow, 5th instant,at Chattanooga Depot as train guard. By. I ^C-Xl OHiip -Of CJ • P PERSONAL RECORDS. 193 Order of Col. Henry F. Belitz, Com. 45th Wis-consin Vol. Inf. His commission as Sergeantis dated May 6, 1865, to take effect from Feb. 8,1865, and is signed by Col. Belitz, of the Ansorge returned to his fatliers farm inManitowoc and, several months later, went toFranklin, Mo., where he operated as a carpenterfor the Pacific railway corporation engaged inbuilding depots and other structures necessaryto their operations. He remained in the Statetwo years, working a part of the time in In June, 1867, he started in businesson his own account as contractor and builderwliich he followed as long as he was able. Hereturne
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