Jens Olson Moe
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| Name at Enlist | Jens Olson Moe |
| Birth Name | |
| Lived | ca. 1838 – 19 May 1862 |
| Resident of Muster-In | Columbus, Columbia County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | B |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 19 Feb 1862 |
| Cause of Death | sick |
| Death Location | Mississippi River Island No. 10 |
| Burial Location | Mississippi River National Cemetery near Memphis, Shelby County, TN |
Jens Olson Moe 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 Moe as living in Columbus, Columbia County, age 23, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on February 19, 1862 at Madison, WI, and mustered there the same day as a Private (Menig). Moe died of sickness at Mississippi River Island No. 10 on May 19, 1862. He was buried in “Mississippi River” National Cemetery near Memphis, TN.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-4; 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, IA, 1894), p.390; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.310; 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.