Ole Olson
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| Name at Enlist | Ole Olson |
| Birth Name | |
| Lived | ca. 1842 – 24 Aug 1862 |
| Resident of Muster-In | Freeborn County, MN |
| Company at Enlistment | K |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 11 Feb 1862 |
| Cause of Death | Disease |
| Death Location | Farmington, Alcorn County, MS |
| Burial Location | National Cemetery at Corinth, Alcorn County, MS, section B, grave 462 |
Ole Olson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company K. The company called itself “Clausen’s Guards” in honor of the 15th’s first Chaplain, Claus L. Clausen. Most of the company was recruited from Scandinavian communities in MN and IA, with the rest from WI.
The army listed him as living in Freeborn County, MN, age 19, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on January 20, 1862 in Freeborn County, and mustered at Madison, WI on February 11, 1862 as a Private (Menig). He was sick in hospital at Farmington, MS, and died there of disease on August 24, 1862. He was buried in the National Cemetery at Corinth, MS, section B, grave 462.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-12; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.148; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.638; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.319.