LOKKEN, Olaus H.

WI 15th Inf Co H. Residence: Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. Born in Sandefjord, Norway. Civil War: Age 28. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 24 Sep 1861 at Madison and mustered there on 13 Feb 1862. Assigned as Sergeant 16 Jan 1862. Sick in hospital at Louisville, Kentucky, 1 Oct 1862. Was acting regimental commissary sergeant for a time in 1864. Later assigned as a standard bearer. Mustered out with Company H on 13 Feb 1865, at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Entered on the Roll of Honor for the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps. Post war: He was living in 1892 in Crookston, Minnesota, and at that time was Colonel of GAR Colham Post No. 90. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-10; red book vol 20 p112) (Buslett p567) (Ager p310) (Hedberg) “Løkken, Olaus” “Locken, Olaus” “Lokken, Olavus”