WI 15th Inf Co K. Residence: Freeborn County, Minnesota. Civil War: Age 28. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 7 Feb 1862 in Freeborn County and mustered 11 Feb 1862 at Madison, Wisconsin. Private. Sick in a hospital in Bowling Green, Kentucky, 17 Sep 1862. Wounded and taken prisoner at Chickamauga, Georgia, 19 Sep 1863. Was still a prisoner in June 1864. Mustered out 10 Feb 1865 at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Post war: Was granted a pension of $4 a month because of a gun shot wound to his left arm. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-12; red book vol 20 p144) (Buslett p629) (Ulvestad p338) (Meeker) (Ager p318) (FCHS) (Pensioners on the Roll as of January 1, 1883, living in Minnesota, publ. 1994, Park Genealogical Books, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota) “Tvinge, O. J.”
