Tallack Tallacksen
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| Name at Enlist | Tallack Tallacksen |
| Birth Name | Tallak Salvesen Birkedal |
| Other Names | Birkedal, Tallak Salvesen |
| Lived | 15 Jul 1839 – 25 Aug 1862 |
| Birth Place | Birkedal, Landvik in Hommedal, Aust-Agder fylke |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Door County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | F |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 1 Mar 1862 |
| Cause of Death | Disease |
| Death Location | Iuka, Tishomingo County, MS |
| Burial Location | National Cemetery, Corinth, Alcorn County, MS |
| Mother | Berthe Omundsdatter Heimdal |
| Mother Lived | 1810-1843 |
| Father | Salve Tallaksen Birkedal |
| Father Lived | 24 De 1805-13 Aug 1881 |
| Immigration | 2 Aug 1844 |
Tallack Tallackson was born on July 15, 1839 in Landvik, Aust Agder, Norway. He came to America on the “Lorena” which crossed from Havre and reached New York on August 2, 1844. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company F. The men of the company called themselves KK 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.
The army listed him as living in Door County, WI, age 23, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on February 24, 1862 in Door County and mustered at Madison, WI on March 1, 1862 as a Private (Menig). He died of disease in general hospital at Iuka, MS on August 25, 1862 and was buried in National Cemetery at Corinth, MS.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office boxes 76-8, 77-8; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.92; Det Femtende Regiment. Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers] by Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1894, p.519; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.333; Norwegian Immigrants to the United Stats. A Biographical Directory, 1825-1850. Volume Two, 1844-1846, Gerhard B. Naeseth, edited by Blaine Hedberg, 1997, Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, IA, p. 63, ID 781; Aust-Agder fylke, Landvik i Hommedal, Klokkerbok nr. B 4 (1836-1849), Fødte og døpte [Births and deaths] 1839, page 9.