WI 46th Inf Co B. Residence: New Hope, Portage County, Wisconsin. Enlistment credited to Stettin, Marathon County. Born in Kongsberg, Norway. Civil War: Lumberman. Age 37. Unmarried. Blue eyes, brown hair, light complexion, 5’5½”. Enlisted for one year on 14 Feb 1865 at Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Mustered 22 Feb 1865 at Madison, Wisconsin. Bounty $100. Private. Mustered out with this Company on 27 Sep 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee. Post war: Died in New Hope, Iola, Wisconsin, and buried there; stone reads “1838 – 1903”. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 186-3,17; red book vol 51) (Ulvestad p273) (Wisconsin Cemetery Records) (Hedberg) “Brua, Halvor Hanson”
