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Bernt Lander

15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment

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Name at Enlist

Bernt Lander

Birth Name
Lived

– 31 Jul 1862

Company at Enlistment

K

Rank at Enlistment

Private

Cause of Death

Disease

Death Location

Jacinto, MS

Remarks

This is duplicate Bernt Sander…deleted 8/2023 ckl

Bernt Lander joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company K as a Private (Menig). 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. Lander died of disease on July 31, 1862 at Jacinto, MS.

 

Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 77-3.