ANDERSON, Herman

WI 15th Inf Co I. Residence: Scandinavia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. Born about 1826 in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. Civil War: Age 35. Married. Enlisted for three years on 4 Nov 1861 at Scandinavia and mustered at Madison, Wisconsin, on 20 Dec 1861. Private. Sick in Stevenson, Alabama, 15 Sep 1863. Assigned as a baker there on 20 Dec 1863. Mustered out with I Company on 10 Feb 1865 at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-11; red book vol 20 p128) (Buslett p584) (Ager p23, photo; p313, e52) (Gjertveit) (“Notes of a Civil War Soldier“ by Bersven Nelson, publ. in Norwegian-American Studies, vol 26, by NAHA, 1974, p129) “Andersen, Herman”