Photo of Private Amund Olsen of Company A.

Soldier Profiles O-O

15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment

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
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
OLSON
Christian
Private B Toten,
Kingdom of Norway
Winchester, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
OLSON
Christian
2nd Lieutenant I ? Mount Morris, Waushara County, Wisconsin
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
OLSON
Gullick
Private I Kingdom of Norway Nevada, Mower County, Minnesota
OLSON (OLESON)
Ingebreth (Ingebrigt)
Private H Augard Farm, Lesja,
Kingdom of Norway
Elgin, Fayette County, Iowa
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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