Ole N. Skelde
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| Name at Enlist | Ole N. Skelde |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Ole Nelson Skelde |
| Lived | ca. 1841 – 14 May 1862 |
| Birth Place | Voss |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Cambridge, Dane County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | B |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 16 Nov 1861 |
| Cause of Death | Disease |
| Death Location | Mississippi River Island No. 10 |
| Burial Location | Mississippi River Cemetery near Memphis, TN |
Ole N. Skjelde 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 Cambridge, Dane County, WI, born in Voss, Norway, age 20, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on October 24, 1861 at Madison, WI, and mustered there on November 16, 1861 as a Private (Menig). Skjelde died of disease at Mississippi River Island No. 10 on May 14, 1862 and was buried in the Mississippi River 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.36; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894); Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.329; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.297; 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; Lars Gjertveit, Bodo, Norway.