This extensive database contains information on the lives and service of Civil War soldiers who were born in Norway.

The data was compiled from research conducted between 1997 and 2003 by Jerry Rosholt, a journalist and later producer for NBC Nightly News. In addition to the database, Rosholt served as guest historian a major exhibition on Norwegians in the Civil War at Vesterheim and authored a companion volume. Ole Goes to War: Men from Norway Who Fought in America’s Civil War, by Jerry Rosholt, is available through Vesterheim’s Museum Store.

Please see the “Soldiers’ Names” tab for more information about rural Norwegian naming customs and the name changes that often occurred after emigration to the United States. Send additions or edits to the database to info@vesterheim.org.


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AAKER, Lars

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AAKRE, Drengman

IA 12th Inf Co G. From Telemark, Norway. Civil War: Private. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, Tennessee. Post war: Married in 1869 to Christena Ellefson. Died in Ridgeway, Winneshiek County, Iowa. Buried in Lincoln Cemetery, Ridgeway, stone reads “29 Sep 1839 – 30 Mar 1894”. Sources: (Wisconsin Cemetery Records) (Winneshiek County Marriage Records) (Ulvestad p266)

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AALVEI, Erick Johansen

From Moster Prestegjeld, Bergen. Civil War: Private. Post war: Died in Wheeler (now Lakewood), Oconto County, Wisconsin, in 1900. Sources: (Ulvestad p266)

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AAMOT

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AAMOT, Ole

Residence: Iola, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. From Eidanger, Norway. Civil War: Private. Sources: (Ulvestad p266)

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AANESON, Simon

WI 15th Inf Co K. Residence: Winneshiek County, Iowa. Civil War: Age 39. Married. Enlisted for three years on 26 Jan 1862 in Winneshiek County and mustered at Madison, Wisconsin, 11 Feb 1862. Private. Sick in the general hospital in Farmington, Mississippi, 28 Jul 1862. Transferred to a hospital at Corinth, Mississippi. Died of disease…

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AANONSON, Simon A.

TX 2nd Inf Co E. CSA. Born “Simen Andreas Stiansen” on 13 Sep 1835 at Frolands Verk, Norway. Civil War: Enlisted for the war on 20 Sep 1862 in Van Zandt County, Texas. He was transferred from a conscript camp on 10 Jan 1863. Wounded during the siege on Vicksburg, Mississippi. Captured at Vicksburg on…

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AANUNSON, Kittel

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AARGAARD, Fredrik

WI 15th Inf Co A. Residence: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Civil War: Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 9 Oct 1861 at Chicago. Mustered 11 Jan 1862 at Madison, Wisconsin, as Corporal. On detached service with the Pioneer Corps (combat engineers), 26 Nov 1862 to August 1864. Promoted Sergeant 1 Nov 1864. Mustered out 20…

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AARNES, Hans

IA 12th Inf. From Hakedal, Norway. Civil War: Private. Sources: (Ulvestad p266)

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AARNES, Olaus

IA 12th Inf. From Hakedal, Norway. Civil War: Private. Sources: (Ulvestad p266)

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AARVOLD, Lars

Heron Lake, Minnesota. From Valders (or Sogn), Norway. Civil War: Private. Post war: Died in 1872. Sources: (Ulvestad p266)

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