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Jacob OlsonPrivate in Company K
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Taken November, 1871, at his second wedding
Photo courtesy of his
Great Great Granddaughter Connie Julien
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Born circa 1830, at
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Parents were
________________________ (1___-18__) and ________________________ (1___-18__)
Immigrated to America, 18__
Married on ________, 18__,
to Anna Hansdatter (circa 1835-1870) at _________________________
Married November 17,
1871,
to Olena Thomasdatter Helgerson (1824-1917) at Freeborn County, State of Minnesota
Died November
27, 1897, at the Town of Sioux Falls, State of South Dakota
Buried in Prairie Queen
Cemetery, near Nunda in Summit Township, Lake County, South Dakota
Jacob Olson was enlisted in Company K of the 15th Wisconsin by Captain Mons Grinager on December 10, 1861, for a 3 year term of service. The men of Company K called themselves "Clausen's Guards" in honor of the 15th's first Chaplain, Claus L. Clausen. Jacob was mustered into Federal service at the rank of Private on February 11, 1862, at Camp Randall, near the City of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. At the time he was listed as 31 years old and married (with 4 children). His residence was recorded as Freeborn County, State of Minnesota.
After only a few weeks at Camp Randall learning to be a soldier, Private Olson left there on March 2, 1862, with his company and regiment to join the war. From then until August, 1862, he was listed as "present" with the 15th. As such he would have participated in the successful siege of Island No. 10 on the Mississippi River in the State of Tennessee, and the surprise raid on Union City, Tennessee, in March and April, 1862.
On June 11, 1862, Company K and 7 of the 10 companies in the 15th regiment left Island No. 10 to go on campaign through Tennessee and the States of Mississippi and Alabama. On that date Private Olson was noted as being "sick." He was left behind at Island No. 10 to recover, but his health continued to deteriorate. That summer Private Olson was determined to be "unfit for service" and on August 16, 1862, he was honorably discharged from the Army at Island No. 10 due to disability.
A few years after returning from the 15th, Jacob and his first wife had their fifth child. Their children were: Clara, born _____ __, 18__; Lena, born November 13, 1855; Ole, born June 7, 1858; Hilda, born March 13, 1861; and Berthena, born October 8, 1866. Jacob's first wife passed away some 4 years after the birth of their last child. The next year Jacob married the widow of Peder Helgeson (Jacob and Peder had served together in Company K). Together Jacob and his second wife raised their combined 8 children.
Sources: Genealogical data from Jacob Olson's Great Great Granddaughter Connie Julien; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillage [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers] by Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1895); Regimental Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20 Office of the Adjutant General State of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin, 1885); and, Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, Volume I Office of the Adjutant General State of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin, 1886).
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