. . . of the Illinois 57th Regiment, died in this city yesterday. Mr. Johnson was a resident of Burlington. His parents live here. He was a member of Capt. Abercrombie’s company of the glorious Iowa First, and fought at Wilson’s Creek. Enlisting again in the Lancers, when that Regiment was disbanded he enlisted in the Illinois 57th, and while fighting in that Regiment at Pittsburg Landing he lost his foot, which was shattered by a ball. But his death did not result from his wound. It was caused by exposure which brought on disease of the lungs.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 17, 1862, p. 2
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