OLSON, Ole

WI 15th Inf Co H. Residence: Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin. Born in Norway. Civil War: Age 20. Unmarried. Farmer. Blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5’2”. Enlisted for three years on 26 Nov 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered there on 13 Feb 1862. Private. Shot in his head at Atlanta 23 Jul 1864 and died of that wound in a hospital at Chattanooga, Tennessee, 5 Aug 1864. Buried in the National Cemetery at Chattanooga