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Ole Christiansen

15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment

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Name at Enlist

Ole Christiansen

Birth Name
Lived

ca. 1824 –

Birth Country

Norway

Resident of Muster-In

Windsor, Dane County, WI

Rank at Enlistment

Private

Muster Date

11 Jan 1864

Ole Christiansen was born in Norway. He joined the WI 15th Infantry. The army listed him as living in Windsor, Dane County, WI, age 40, and a laborer. He had brown eyes, brown hair, dark complexion, and stood 5’5”. Christiansen enlisted for three years on January 5, 1864 at Windsor. He mustered on January 11, 1864 at Madison, WI as a Private (Menig) and Recruit. He had a bounty paid at muster of $60.

 

Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-13.