Here's an interesting note on George Kurth. Unfortunately, my computer is acting up and I could'd trace the source [5]

Throughout rural Wisconsin, many young men were certain that the war would whisk them away from a life of drudgery and boredom. George Kurth of the 18th Wisconsin Volunteers was happy to leave Columbus behind. Although his parents wanted him to stay on the farm, he felt lonely there and “wanted to see more of the world.”[5]

“`You should know that I died for liberty and truth’: Why Wisconsin volunteers fought in the Civil War.”
http://www.soldierstudies.org/index.php?action=lifeofasoldier_rowland