Mads Larson
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| Name at Enlist | Mads Larson |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Lawson |
| Lived | ca. 1840 – 1 Sep 1864 |
| Resident of Muster-In | Stoughton, Dane County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | B |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 16 Nov 1861 |
| Cause of Death | dysentery |
| Death Location | Andersonville Prison, Macon County, GA |
| Burial Location | Andersonville National Cemetery, Macon County, GA, grave 7532 |
Mads Larson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company B. The men of the company called themselves the “Wergeland Guards” in honor of Henrik Wergeland, the famous Norwegian writer and poet. The army listed him as living in Stoughton, WI, age 21, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on November 13, 1861 at Madison, WI, and mustered there on November 16, 1861 as a Private (Menig). He was sick in hospital at Bowling Green, KY on September 17, 1862. Larson was taken prisoner at Chickamauga, GA. He died of dysentery in Andersonville Prison on September 1, 1864. He was buried in grave 7532.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, boxes 76-4, 259-2; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.32; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.388; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.296; Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, Vol I & II; compiled under direction of the Adjutant General, Madison, WI, 1886, p.809; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.304; “Prisoners who died at Andersonville Prison” Atwater List, publ.1865.