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Soldier Profiles O-O15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
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Private Amund
Olsen of Company A
Wounded and captured at Chickamauga, Georgia
Photo
courtesy of Bette Minehart
Picture shown above has been electronically enhanced
by Deep Vee Productions
Below is a list of profiles for some of the 15th's soldiers whose last names begin with O. Each profile contains detailed information on that soldier's military service in the 15th Wisconsin during the American Civil War. Some profiles also include a photo; some include pre- and/or post-war genealogical data. If alternative spellings of names are known, then they are listed within (parentheses). If an alternative last name is known, then it is listed separately, in its proper alphabetical location. Also shown is: the highest rank the soldier reached in the 15th; which part of the 15th they served in (either on the Field and Staff (F&S) or in one of its companies (A, B, C, etc.); their place of birth; and their residence at the time they joined the 15th.
| Names - O | Highest Rank | Unit | Place of Birth | Residence at Muster-In |
| OLANS Nels |
Private | B | Ersland, Kingdom of Norway |
Winchester Township, Winnebago County, Wisconsin |
| OLAVUS Nils (Niles, Nels) |
Private | B | Ersland, Kingdom of Norway |
Winchester Township, Winnebago County, Wisconsin |
| OLESON Omun (Omund) |
Private | A | Egersund, Kingdom of Norway |
Bad Ax (now Vernon) County, Wisconsin |
| OLSEN (OLSON) Amund (Ammund) |
Private | A | Puntervold, Egersund, Kingdom of Norway |
Bad Ax (now Vernon) County, Wisconsin |
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OLSEN (OLSON) Erick (Erik) |
Private | G | Řiers, Prestegjeld, Gudbrandsdal, Kingdom of Norway |
Coon Prairie, Bad Ax (now Vernon) County, Wisconsin |
| OLSEN (OLSON) Michael (Mical) |
Private | A | Puntervold, Egersund, Kingdom of Norway |
Bad Ax (now Vernon) County, Wisconsin |
| OLSEN (OLSON) Niels (Nels) (Nils) |
Private | A | Puntervold, Egersund, Kingdom of Norway |
Bad Ax (now Vernon) County, Wisconsin |
| OLSEN Ola |
1st Lieutenant | E | Jevnaker, Hadeland, Kingdom of Norway |
Argyle, Lafayette County, Wisconsin |
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OLSON Christian |
Private | B | Toten, Kingdom of Norway |
Winchester, Winnebago County, Wisconsin |
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OLSON Christian |
2nd Lieutenant | I | ? | Mount Morris, Waushara County, Wisconsin |
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OLSON Christian |
Corporal | K | Gunstad farm, Jevnaker, Hadeland, Oppland, Kingdom of Norway | Avoca, Iowa County, Wisconsin |
| OLSON Ellend (Ellen) |
Private | B | Hedalen, Valdres, Kingdom of Norway |
Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin |
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OLSON Gullick |
Private | I | Kingdom of Norway | Nevada, Mower County, Minnesota |
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OLSON (OLESON) Ingebreth (Ingebrigt) |
Private | H | Augard Farm, Lesja, Kingdom of Norway |
Elgin, Fayette County, Iowa |
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OLSON Jacob |
Private | K | ? | Freeborn County, Minnesota |
| OLSON
(OLESON) Rollin |
1st Lieutenant | E | Gunstad farm, Jevnaker, Hadeland, Oppland, Kingdom of Norway | Argyle, Lafayette County, Wisconsin |
| ØVERBOE Anders Jacobsen |
Corporal | D | Kingdom of Norway | Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, Wisconsin |
| OVERSON (OVERSEN) James |
Brevet Captain | C | Vidse Patgjeet, Telemark, Kingdom of Norway |
Norway Township, Racine County, Wisconsin |
| OYEN
(ØIEN) Anthon Odin |
Hospital Steward | F&S | Trondheim, Kingdom of Norway |
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
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All Rights Reserved. Created April 28, 1999. Last updated
January 10, 2002.