NELSON, Nels
WI 15th Inf Co D. Residence: Spring Prairie, Adams County, Wisconsin. Civil War: Age 22. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 23 Nov 1861 at…
NELSON, Nels
WI 15th Inf Co E. Residence: Hamburg, Bad Ax county. Born in Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Age 16. Blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5’5”.…
NELSON, Nels
WI 47th Inf Co D. Residence: Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin. Enlistment credited to Harmony, Rock County. Born in Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Age 31. Married.…
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…