MN Indian War: “Citizen Soldiers engaged in the Sioux Indian war of 1862”. The Scandinavian Guards, organized in Nicollet County, 27 Aug 1862, and who…
Residence: Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Son of Sioux Falls Mayor Borre Lien, who came from Singsaas, Trondhjem. Spanish-American War: Jonas Lien became a Regimental Adjutant…
MN. Civil War: Enlisted at Stillwater, Minnesota. Private. Survived the war. Post war: Died in Martell, Wisconsin, in 1881. Left widow and six children. Sources:…
MN 10th Inf Co D. Residence: Goodhue County, Minnesota. Born 17 Dec 1835 in Hemsedal, Hallingdal, Norway. Came to America in 1861. Civil War: Enlisted…
WI 46th Inf Co G. Residence: Blue Mounds, Dane County, Wisconsin. Enlistment credited to Fountain Prairie, Columbia County. Born in Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Age…