Halvor Gullickson
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| Name at Enlist | Halvor Gullickson |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Gullicksen |
| Lived | ca. 1842 – |
| Resident of Muster-In | Winneshiek County, IA |
| Company at Enlistment | K |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 11 Feb 1862 |
Halvor Gullikson 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 Gullikson as living in Winneshiek County, IA, age 21, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on January 25, 1862 in Winneshiek County, and mustered at Madison, WI on February 11, 1862 as a Private (Menig). He was sick in the hospital in Farmington, MS in July 1862. He then beecame unfit for service and was discharged for disability at Cincinnati, OH on March 11, 1863.
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.144; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1894, p.623; Decorah, IA Genealogical Association; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.284; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.317.