Lars Olson
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| Name at Enlist | Lars Olson |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Lars O. Gette |
| Lived | ca. 1817 – |
| Resident of Muster-In | Winneshiek County, IA |
| Company at Enlistment | K |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 11 Feb 1862 |
| Spouse | Torbjor |
Lars Olson 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 him as living in Winneshiek County, IA, age 44, and married. 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). Olson became unfit for service at Mississippi River Island No. 10 and was discharged for disability on May 21, 1862. His widow, Torbjor, filed a pension in his name on June 18, 1889. Olson’s alias was Lars O. Gette.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, boxes 76-12, 77-3; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.148; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.638; 1870 Census; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.319; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.317; Civil War Pension Index, Roll #T288_173.