TORKELSEN, Lars

MN 5th Inf Co C. Residence: Freeborn County, Minnesota. Also Worth County, Iowa. [Likely lived on the state line.] Born 1834 in Sigdal, Norway. Civil War: Age 27. Enrolled 1 Sep 1864. Mustered the same day. Private. Killed 16 Dec 1864 in battle at Nashville, Tennessee. Sources: (MINN p243) (MCIW p288) (Walk) (FCHS) (Ulvestad p273, 337) (Photo in Atlas of Worth County, 1913, section 3 page 15) “Brua, Lars”