OLSON, Tideman

WI 15th Inf Co B. Residence: Black Earth, Vermont Township, Dane County, Wisconsin. Born “Tidemand Olsen Nordhagen” at Hedalen, Valders, Norway. Civil War: Private. Age 22. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 15 Oct 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered there on 16 Nov 1861. Private. Wounded by accident at Bird’s Point, Missouri. Discharged as unfit for service in Jacinto, Mississippi, on 7 Aug 1862. Post war: Lived at Sioux Rapids, Iowa. Sources: (WHS red book vol 20 p 34) (Buslett p396) (Ager p296) (Letter to Minneapolis Norwegian Language Newspaper, 1892, signed A.K.Brenden, Bend OR) (RWV p809) (Hedberg) “Olson, Timan” “Olson, Temand”