Civil War Database

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.

Database Sources – a list of sources of the information and explanation of abbreviations listed at the end of the entries.

Abbreviations & Database Clues – includes more information about how to use this database.

Soldiers’ Names – includes 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.

 

Acknowledgments

Vesterheim’s Norwegians in the Civil War project was made possible through the generous support of Hamlet and Suzanne Peterson, Rochester, Minn., and a grant from Humanities Iowa and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The companion volume Ole Goes to War: Men from Norway Who Fought in America’s Civil War, by Jerry Rosholt, was made possible through a gift from the Government of Norway in honor of Vesterheim’s 125th Anniversary.

We are grateful to The Edwin E. and Janet L. Bryant Foundation of Stoughton, Wisc., for their generous grant in support of the online database.

Additional support for sharing the research of Jerry Rosholt comes from Darlene Rosholt, Gerald R. Sime, Donald and Faye Aamodt, Robert Rosholt, Robert Sande, Dirk Rosholt, Greg Rosholt, and Sons of Norway Nordic 1-502.

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HOUSE, Lemuel S.

WI 15th Inf Co F. Residence: Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Married. Age 45. Enlisted for three years on 8 Nov 1861 at…

HOUGEN, Torger

From Hallingdal, Norway. Civil War: Private. Post war: Lived in Houston County, Minnesota. Sources: (Ulvestad p292)

HOUSE, Almond

WI 22nd Inf Co I. Residence: Clinton, Rock County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Farmer. Unmarried. Age 19. Enlisted for three years on 15 Aug 1862 at…

HOUGH, John

DT 1st Cav Battalion Co B. Civil War: Private. Sources: (Index of Compiled Service Records, North Dakota Archives, roll 6099)

HOLVERSON, Holver C.

TX CSA. Born “Holver Christian Jensen Overnes” on 19 Jul 1823 in Holt (Amli?), Norway. Served before the war in the Texas State Troops, 13th…

HOLVERSON, Knudson

MN Hv Arty 1st Reg Co H. Residence: Carver, Minnesota. Born in Norway. Civil War: Age 29. Enrolled 6 Feb 1865. Mustered 16 Feb 1865.…

HOLVERSON, Ole

WI 11th Inf Co I. Civil War: Private. Died of wounds in the assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi, on 28 May 1863. Sources: (Love p1073) (Quiner…

HOLVERSON, Thomas

MN Hv Arty Co H. Residence: Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota. Born in Norway. Civil War: Age 36. Mustered 13 Feb 1865. Private. Discharged from the…

HOLVERSON, Ole N.

MN 7th Inf Co G. Residence: Preble, Winona County, Minnesota. Born in Norway. Civil War: Age 44. Enrolled 4 Sep 1864. Mustered the same day.…

HORGERSON, Andrew

WI 11th Inf Co K. Residence: Winchester, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. Born in Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Age 23. Blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion, 5’9½”.…

HOLVERSON, Harris

MN 2nd Cav Co C. Residence: Canesteo, Dodge County, Minnesota. Born in Norway. Civil War: Age 44. Enrolled 20 Feb 1865. Mustered the same day.…

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HOMMANBERG, Nels E.

From Valders, Norway. Civil War: Private. Post war: Died in Milnor, North Dakota, in 1888. Sources: (Ulvestad p292)

HOLVILAND, Ilver C.

MN Indian War: “Citizen Soldiers engaged in the Sioux Indian war of 1862”. The Scandinavian Guards, organized in Nicollet County, 27 Aug 1862, and who…

HONBY, Rasmus

WI 22nd Inf Co F. Residence: Greenville, Outagamie County, Wisconsin. Born in Denmark. Civil War: Age 31. Farmer. Blue eyes, brown hair, dark complexion, 5’6½”.…

HORGERSON, Matthias

WI 11th Inf Co K. Residence: Winchester, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. Born in Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Age 29. Blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion, 5’7”.…

HOMLEBECK, Peter

WI 15th Inf Co E. Residence: New Glarus, Green County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Age 45. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 14 Dec 1861 in…

HOMASON, Thomas

IL 90th Inf Co K. Residence: Ottowa, La Salle County, Illinois. Born in Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Age 41. Blue eyes, dark hair, dark complexion,…

HOLVERSON, Peter B.

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