Lacrosse-Dodge County WI Archives Biographies.....Morrison, George February 15, 1842 - 
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GEORGE MORRISON, engineer on C., M. & St. P. R. R.; has been on that road 
since August, 1864, and has been running an engine since April, 1870; he was 
born in Newbury, Orange Co., Vt., Feb. 15, 1842; son of I. T. Morrison, who 
came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1862, and still lives in La Crosse. Mr. 
Morrison enlisted July, 1861, in the 8th Vt. V. I., Co. D, and was in the 
service three years; he was wounded during the siege of Port Hudson, but was 
only disabled for a few weeks; during his service, he participated in 
seventeen general engagements, to wit: Bull Run, Savage Station, Antietam, 
Williamsburg, Fredericksburg, Cold Harbor, Winchester, Gettysburg, Wilderness, 
Spottsylvania, Petersburg, Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill, Vicksburg and several 
otheres. He was married Feb. 6, 1865, in Beaver Dam, Wis., to Miss Sarah J. 
Blanchard, daughter of A. R. Blanchard; has had but one child (deceased) - 
Gracie B., died July 7, 1865, at the age of 18 months.

Additional Comments:
From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 778.

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