WI 28th Inf Co K. Residence: Primrose, Wisconsin. Born in Bergen, Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Unmarried. Age 20. Blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5’8”, medium build. Enlisted for three years on 26 Aug 1862 at Primrose. Mustered 14 Oct 1862 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Private. Mustered out at Brownsville, Texas, 23 Aug 1865. Post war: Buried at West Primrose, New Glarus, Wisconsin; stone reads “1841 – 1930”. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 132-12,14; red book vol 33) (Ulvestad p274) (Wisconsin Cemetery Records) “Byrge, Naroy” “Byrge, Narve N.”
