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2nd Brigade 1st Division 20th Army Corps.

HALVORSON, Christian

WI 15th Inf Co D. Residence: New Lisbon, Juneau County, Wisconsin. Born in Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Age 22. Unmarried. Brown eyes, dark hair, light…
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2nd Brigade 1st Division 20th Army Corps., IN 16th Inf., WI 15th Inf Co D.
Wisconsin

JOHNSON, Niels

WI 15th Inf Co C. Residence: Norway Township, Racine County, Wisconsin. Born in Bylderup, Slesvig, Denmark, on 22 Nov 1832. Came to America in 1859.…
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2nd Brigade 1st Division 20th Army Corps., IN 68th Inf., WI 15th Inf Co C.
Wisconsin

JACOBSON, Jacob L.

WI 15th Inf Co D. Residence: Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Born December 1831 in Siljan, Telemark, Norway, a son of Lars Jacobson and Ingebert Larson.…
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2nd Brigade 1st Division 20th Army Corps., IN 68th Reg., WI 15th Inf Co D.
Wisconsin

JACOBSON, Jens

WI 15th Inf Co K. Residence: Bath township, Freeborn County, Minnesota. Born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. Civil War: Age 38. Married. Blue eyes, dark…
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2nd Brigade 1st Division 20th Army Corps., WI 15th Inf Co K.
Minnesota

MILESTEEN, Ole H.

WI 15th Inf Co E. Residence: Perry, Dane County, Wisconsin. From Hadeland, Norway. Born “Ole Halvorsen Milesten” on 6 Feb 1840, son of Halvor Olsen…
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2nd Brigade 1st Division 20th Army Corps., WI 15th Inf Co E.
Wisconsin

LEE, Berge O.

WI 15th Inf Co H. Residence: Deerfield, Dane County, Wisconsin. Born at Voss, Norway. Civil War: Age 25. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 22…
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2nd Brigade 1st Division 20th Army Corps., WI 15th Inf Co H.
Wisconsin

EVENSON, Ole

WI 15th Inf Co H. Residence: Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Age 18. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 26 Nov 1861 at Madison,…
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2nd Brigade 1st Division 20th Army Corps., WI 15th Inf Co H.
Wisconsin

ERICKSON, Ellend

WI 15th Inf Co K. Residence: Bath Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota. Born on Farm Trytten, Vik parish, Bergens Clerical District, Hordaland, Norway, 7 Oct 1835.…
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2nd Brigade 1st Division 20th Army Corps., WI 15th Inf Co K.
Minnesota

ELLICKSEN, Andrew

WI 15th Inf Co C. Residence: Pleasant Spring, Dane County, Wisconsin. Born in Norway. Came to Wisconsin in 1854. Civil War: Age 22. Unmarried. Enlisted…
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2nd Brigade 1st Division 20th Army Corps., WI 13th Inf Co I., WI 15th Inf Co C.
Wisconsin

BURGESON, William

WI 15th Inf Co E. Residence: York, Green County, Wisconsin. Born in Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Unmarried. Age 20. Blue eyes, dark hair, fair complexion,…
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2nd Brigade 1st Division 20th Army Corps., WI 15th Inf Co E.
Wisconsin

SORENSON, Hans Christian

WI 15th Inf Co C. Residence: Whitewater, Walworth County, Wisconsin. Born “1826 at Gjerpen, Telemark, Norway, son of Søren Christiansen Aashammer and Ingeborg Pedersdatter. He…
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2nd Brigade 1st Division 20th Army Corps., WI 15th Inf Co C.
Wisconsin

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