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Fredrik Fleischer

15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment

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Name at Enlist

Fredrik Fleischer

Birth Name

Friderich Lyth Ørum Fleischer Leqve

Lived

14 Nov 1834 – 28 Oct 1906

Birth Place

Voss, Hordaland fylke

Birth Country

Norway

Resident of Muster-In

Chicago, Cook County, IL

Company at Enlistment

A

Rank at Enlistment

Corporal

Muster Date

15 Nov 1861

Mother

Cecilie Susanne Ørum

Father

Johan Sechmann Fleischer

Father Lived

ca. 1791 – ca. 1864

Spouse

Magdalene Margrethe Schlanbusch

Married On

1 Sep 1864

Marriage Location

Voss, Hordaland

Fredrik Fleischer was a member of the WI 15th Infantry,  Company A. He was born in Voss, Norway. At the time of his joining the 15th, he lived in Chicago, IL, and was unmarried. He enlisted for three years on October 26, 1861 at Chicago, and mustered on November 15, 1861 at Madison, WI. He was assigned as Corporal (Korporal).

Fleischer was discharged from the service at Stevenson, AL on August 26, 1863 by order of Major General Halleck, so he could return to Norway to claim an inheritance. He hired a substitute, Hubbard Hammock, to take his place. He was entered in Roll of Honor on February 14, 1865. After the war, he returned to his childhood home in Gudvangen, Voss, Norway, and ran a hotel. He died on October 28, 1906 in Norway.

 

Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office box 76-3; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol 20, p 16, Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, compiled circa 1885, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol 20, p 14; Det Femtende Regiment. Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers] by Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1894, p 350; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p 263; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Publ. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p 291; Lars Gjertveit, Bodo, Norway;  Voss in Voss parish register # A 22, deceased and buried, p. 91, Voss parish register #A12, born and baptised, p. 132, #A9, married, p. 52, digitalarkivet.no.