William Wilson
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| Name at Enlist | William Wilson |
| Birth Name | Ole Halvorse Bergseie |
| Other Names | Ole Halvorsen |
| Lived | 19 Dec 1824 – |
| Birth Place | Bamble, Telemark fylke |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Manitowoc County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | F |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 12 Dec 1861 |
| Mother | Anne Gjertsdatter |
| Father | Halvor Olsen Bergseie |
| Immigration | 1844 |
| Spouse | Marthe Marie Zachariasdatter |
William Wilson was born “Ole Halvorsen” on December 19, 1824 in Bamble, Telemark, Norway, son of Halvor Olsen Bergseie and Anne Gjertsdatter. He came to America in 1844 and settled in Two Rivers township, Manitowoc County, WI. He married Marthe Marie Zachariasdatter. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company F. The men of the company called themselves “KK’s Protectors” in honor of the 15th’s first Lieutenant Colonel, Kiler K. Jones. “F” was also known as the Valdres Company because a large number of its members hailed from the Valdres region of Norway.
He is listed as living in Manitowoc County, WI, age 38, a farmer, and married. He enlisted for three years on November 8, 1861 at Manitowoc, and mustered at Madison, WI on December 12, 1861 as a Private (Menig). He was sick in hospital at Mound City, IL on March 18, 1862. He was discharged from the service for disability due to disease at St. Louis, MO on April 26, 1862. He died before 1907.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-8; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20 p.92; Ole A. Buslett, Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers] (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.523; Martin Ulvestad, Nordmændene i Amerika, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.340; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.308; Norwegian Immigrants to the United States. A Biographical Directory, 1825-1850. Volume Four 1849, Gerhard B. Naeseth and Blaine Hedberg, 2008, Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, IA, p. 89, ID 1114.