Roster of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, shows:

Jeffers, Albert N. WI 43rd Inf. Co.E

WI 43rd Inf Regt
Col Amasa Cobb
Lt Col Byron Paine
Maj Samuel B. Brightman
Regt organized at Milwaukee in summer 1864
First Co mustered in 08/08/1864
Last Co mustered in 10/08/1864
Regt left State 10/09/1864 for Nashville, TN; then to Johnsonville for guard & garrison duty
Col Cobb, Congressman from 5th Dist, appointed commander of the place; Lt Col Paine, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Succeeded to command of the Regt
Enemy opended fire on the place & gunboats in early Nov 1864; wholly Art engagement; 43rd lay in trenches without action
Left Johnsonville 11/30/1864; encamped at Decherd on Chattanooga Road; remained here to close of war, guarding the railroad & dispersing guerrillas
Mustered out 06/24/1865
Original strength = 867
Gain by recruits = 38
Substitutes = 8
Total = 913
Loss by death = 70
Desertion = 40
Transfer = 1
Discharge = 39
Mustered out = 763

[The Union Army, Vol IV, pp 70]