NELSON, Nels

WI 7th Inf Co D. Residence: New Diggings, Lafayette County, Wisconsin. Born in Norway. Civil War: Laborer. Age 24. Blue eyes, brown hair, light complexion,…

NELSON, Nels A.

WI 19th Inf Co E. Residence: Portland, Monroe County, Wisconsin. Born in Norway. Civil War: Age 28. Blue eyes, light brown hair, flushed complexion, 5’11”.…

NELSON, Nels A.

WI 18th Inf Co E. Residence: Friendship, Adams County, Wisconsin. Born in Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Age 25. Gray eyes, brown hair, fair complexion, 5’8”.…

NELSON, Nels

WI Lt Arty 8th Battery. Born in Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Age 19. Blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5’9”. His attempt to re-enlist as…

NELSON, Nels

MN 3rd Inf Co A. Residence: Plainview, Wabashaw County, Minnesota. Born in Norway. Civil War: Age 25. Enrolled 3 Sep 1864. Mustered 5 Sep 1864.…

NELSON, Nels

MN 4th Inf Co I. Residence: Rice County, Minnesota. Born in Gjerpen, Telemark, Norway on 18 Apr 1842, son of Mathias Nielsen Kolkind and Maria…

NELSON, Nels

MN Indian War: “Citizen Soldiers engaged in the Sioux Indian war of 1862”. The Scandinavian Guards, organized in Nicollet County, Minnesota, 27 Aug 1862, and…

NELSON, Nels

Civil War: Private. Post war: Lived at Colman, South Dakota. Sources: (Ulvestad p312)

NELSON, Nels

WI 3rd Inf Co F. Born in Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Age 18. Unmarried. Blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5’ 5”. Substitute. Enrolled for…

NELSON, Nels

WI 4th Inf Co A. Civil War: Private. Post war: Buried at Amherst, Wisconsin; stone reads “6 Oct 1833 – 17 Aug 1896”. Sources: (Wisconsin…

NELSON, Nels

WI 27th Inf Co H. Residence: Christiania, Dane County, Wisconsin. Born in Sogndal, Sogn, Norway (One source says Lister, Norway.) He was a brother of…

NELSON, Nels

WI 7th Inf Co D. Residence: New Diggings, Lafayette County, Wisconsin. Born in Norway. Civil War: Laborer. Age 24. Blue eyes, brown hair, light complexion,…