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What's New15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
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Private Jacob L. Jacobsen of Company D Image used with permission of Vesterheim Genealogical Center Image shown above has been electronically enhanced by Deep Vee Productions |
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What's New15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
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Private Jacob L. Jacobsen of Company D Image used with permission of Vesterheim Genealogical Center Image shown above has been electronically enhanced by Deep Vee Productions |
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You may notice that the site is undergoing a gradual 'make over' which includes: enlarging the type font size for easier reading; adding color to highlight data and improve appearance; adding links to provide direct access to related information; removing lines from menus and tables to make them less cluttered; electronically enhancing the photos for clarity and faster downloading; and, adding pages with the original, unaltered photos for comparison purposes. These changes are intended to make the site easier to use and look at. Your impressions of the revised interface, reports of any problems you encounter, and suggestions for further improvements are greatly appreciated. Please send them to me via the email link below or at the bottom of any page on this site. Thank you, and enjoy your visit. |
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| Nels Olans | Revised profile, with photo and genealogical data, of this Norwegian born in Eiesland Fjotland near Flekkefjord who came to America in 1860/61 and enlisted in Co. B in January 1862. He was captured September 20, 1863 at the bloody Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia. He survived a year as a prisoner before being released. He returned to Winchester in Winnebago County, got married, had 11 children, and lived until 1918. Posted January 31, 2005. |
| Ole Peterson | New image, with genealogical data, of this Norwegian born in Ostre Gausdal who came to America in 1848 and enlisted in Co. I in November 1861 from Waupaca County, Wisconsin. He was captured May 27, 1864 at the Battle of Pickett's Mill, Georgia. He died of Scurvy in the infamous Andersonville Prison Camp in Georgia in September 1864. Posted December 27, 2004. |
| John F. Bever | New genealogical data about this Norwegian born Johan Frederik Frodesen Bævre near Kongsberg who enlisted as John F. Bever (sometimes spelled Beaver) in Co. D from the Town of Waupun in Columbia County, Wisconsin. The new data includes the names and approximate birth and death dates of his parents, and additional information on his place of birth. Re-posted August 2, 2004. |
| Paul M. Paulson | New image, with genealogical data, of this Norwegian who enlisted in Co. K from Worth County, Iowa. He was honored for bravery at the December 1862 Battle of Stone River, Tennessee. Later he was captured September 19, 1863 at the Battle of Chickamauga (the second bloodiest battle of the Civil War). He died of disease in the Libby Prison at Richmond, Virginia in March 1864. Posted July 17, 2004. |
| Casper S. Simonson | New profile, with genealogical data, of this Norwegian from Hammershaug-eie, Vestre Gausdal, Oppland, who enlisted in Co. I from Scandinavia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. He served at Island No. 10, where he was injured. Later he was captured, twice, while guarding vital Army supply wagon trains. He survived his captures, but his injuries got him transferred into the Veterans' Reserve Corps (VRC) for the remainder of his 3 year term of service. After the war he farmed in the Town of Coon, Vernon County, Wisconsin, where he married, twice, and had 9 children before passing away at age 49. Posted June 22, 2004. |
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