BOWMAN, John A.

IL 15th Inf Co C. Residence: Rockfor, Winnebago County, Illinois. Born in Sweden. Civil War: Age 20. Farmer. Unmarried. Blue eyes, brown hair, light complexion,…

BOSHOLM, Claus

IL 25th Inf Co H. Residence: Bourbon, Douglas County, Illinois. Born in Denmark. Civil War: Age 25. Farmer. Unmarried. Blue eyes, auburn hair, light complexion,…

BOSTRAND, Oscar

IA 6th Inf Co I. Residence: Monmouth, Illinois. Born in Sweden. Civil War: Age 19. Enlisted 24 Jul 1861. Mustered the same day. Private. Re-enlisted…

BOE, Iver Larsen

From Voss, Norway. Civil War: Private. Post war: Lived in Chicago, Illinois. Sources: (Ulvestad p274)

BLEYE, John

WI 15th Inf Co A. Residence: Chicago, Illinois. Civil War: Age 30. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 26 Oct 1861 at Chicago. Mustered at…

BJERKE, Even E.

Residence: Chicago, Illinois. Born 26 Jun 1844 in Vestre Toten, Oppland, Norway, a son of Even Olson and Martha Johnson Bjerke. Came to the US…

BERTELSON, Fredrik

WI 15th Inf Co A. Residence: Chicago, Illinois. Civil War: Age 30. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 9 Dec 1861 at Chicago. Mustered at…

BESSESEN, Carl I.

IL 132nd Inf Co I. Residence: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Born in Norway. Civil War: Cooper. Age 20. Unmarried. Blue eyes, light hair, light complexion,…

BESSESEN, Ole

IL 132nd Inf Co I. Residence: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Born in Norway. Civil War: Porter. Age 24. Unmarried. Blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion,…

BERGSTROM, Swan

IL 19th Inf Co H. Residence: Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois. Born in Sweden. Civil War: Age 24. Painter. Unmarried. Blue eyes, light hair, light…

BERGESON, Lars U.

IL Lt Arty Henshaw’s Battery. Residence: Freedom, La Salle County, Illinois. Born in Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Age 24. Blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion,…

BERG, Joseph J.

IL 19th Inf Co K. Residence: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Born in Denmark. Civil War: Age 23. Unmarried. Occupation not shown. Brown eyes, brown hair,…