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Andreas Ullensaker

15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment

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Name at Enlist

Andreas Ullensaker

Birth Name

Andreas Askildsen Ullensager

Lived

4 Feb 1845 –

Birth Place

Nordre Land, Oppland

Birth Country

Norway

Resident of Muster-In

Rock County, WI

Company at Enlistment

G

Rank at Enlistment

Private

Mother

Gubjør Jacobsdatter Ullensager

Father

Askild Torgersen Ullensager

Immigration

22 Aug 1845

Andreas Ullensaker was born February 4, 1845 at Nordre Land, Oppland, Norway, son of Askild Torgersen Ullensager and Gubjør Jacobsdatter Ullensager. He, his parents and three siblings came to America on the Præciosa, which left Skien, Telemark, and reached NY on August 22, 1845. They came to Rock County, WI. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company G as a Private (Menig). The men of the company called themselves the “Rock River Rangers.”

Sources: Martin Ulvestad, Nordmændene i Amerika, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.338; Naeseth ’45-1072a.