HALVORSON, Nels

WI 15th Inf Co H. Residence: Christiania, Dane County, Wisconsin. Married Ingebor Ohej in 1849. Lived in Albion, Wisconsin, until 1856, then in Oakland, Wisconsin, until 1861. Civil War: Age 45. Unmarried (sic). Enlisted for three years on 12 Nov 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered there on 13 Feb 1862. Private. Left sick at Mississippi River Island No. 10 on 11 Jun 1862; also at Farmington, Mississippi, 28 Jul 1862. Discharged from the service for disease at Cincinnati, Ohio, 16 Oct 1862. Post war: He lived in Busseville, Wisconsin, until his death in 1890. Seven children. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-10; red book vol 20 p116) (Buslett p561) (Ager p309) (Hedberg) (Ulvestad p287). “Halvorson, Nils”