LETMOLIEN, Level

WI 8th Inf Co A. Residence: Scandinavia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. Born in Nummedal, Norway. Civil War: Age 35. Farmer. Unmarried. Gray eyes, brown hair, light complexion, 5’8”. He was one of the first to volunteer from Scandinavia. Enlisted for three years on 10 Aug 1861 at Waupaca, and mustered on 5 Sep 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin. Private. Was in action at Fredericktown, Missouri, on 27 Oct 1861 and in the siege of Mississippi River Island No. 10 and at New Madrid. Died in a hospital near Farmington, Mississippi, on 20 May 1862 of Chronic Diarrhea. Sources: (WHS red book vol 13, p16) (Ulvestad p306) “Lelmoli, Levor”